Seed-check everyone at Alexandr Wang's 19th birthday: a party that minted billions
davidsenra · x · 2026-11-15
A viral post counts the returns from seed-checking every guest at Alexandr Wang's 19th birthday party:
- Jeff Yan founded Hyperliquid ($20B)
- Scott Wu founded Cognition ($48B)
- Jesse Zhang founded Decagon ($4.5B)
- Wang himself built Scale AI and sold 49% to Meta for $14.3B
Wang explains the group met while interning at trading firm HRT — 12 interns, almost all Harvard or MIT students. He recently told HRT's founder: "Just invest into the interns! All the interns get seed checks!"
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