Scale AI's Alexandr Wang spotlights 'Scale Mafia' behind Cognition, Modal, Bun and more
alexandr_wang · x · 2026-10-26
Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang penned a tribute to the 'Scale Mafia,' calling it 'the first true mafia of the modern tech era' and listing alumni who went on to found or lead Cognition, Modal, Bun, netic, cobot, Secureframe, Gallatin AI, plus execs at Anthropic's Claude Code, the White House OSTP, Thinking Machines, Liquid AI, Paramount Skydance, and partners at KPCB and Greylock. He credits Scale's early habit of hiring IOI/IMO-maxxed geniuses who 'ran through walls' for the alumni network's success.
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