Scale AI alumni roster: Claude Code lead, CAIS president and more
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-26
A continuation of FinanceYF5's Scale AI 'startup mafia' thread, listing alumni across AI product and safety: Claude Code product lead Cat Wu, TBD product lead Lindsey Gong, TBD safety lead Julian Michael, Center for AI Safety president Dan Hendrycks, Thinking Machines general counsel Lauren Lennon, and Liquid AI COO Jeffrey Li.
Combined with earlier entries — presidential science advisor Michael Kratsios, partners at Kleiner Perkins and Greylock, and Paramount Skydance's CFO — the thread maps Scale AI's deep penetration across the AI industry.
Related event: Scale AI Alumni Network Spans AI Product and Safety Leadership(2 posts)→
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