“Dear President Trump, America must win the AI war,” said an entire page announcement in the newspaper Washington Post On January 21, 2025. The message is signed by Alexandr Wang, a 28 -year -old billionaire, son of Chinese immigrants, CEO and founder of Scale Ai.
In an X post, Wang complemented the message by stating that he is “confident that, under Trump’s administration, we will do just that.” The young man also attached the full letter sent to the Trump administration. In the document, he says there is a new administration, but the goal of winning the war remains the same.
But, after all, who is Wang and what is your involvement with the future of AI in the US?
Prodigy
Prominence in a list of professionals under 30 years old made by the magazine ForbesAlexandr Wang was born in the US, son of a couple of Chinese immigrants. His parents are physical and worked with weapons development for the US Army. After winning several teenage math competitions, Wang joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
His university career was short because, after less than a year of study, the young man left college to found his company, along with Lucy Guo, also the daughter of Chinese immigrants.
Scale Ai, which is now valued at $ 14 billion, is focused on data extraction and training and has provided services to companies such as Lyft and Airbnb.
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Currently, the company provides data for autonomous car companies, virtual and robotic reality, working with names like Microsoft, OpenAi, Meta and GM. The purpose of the company is to provide inputs for the repository of artificial intelligence.
“Dirty work”
According to Wall Street Journalthe company makes the “dirty work” of AI, offering stories, labeled images and phrases elaborated so that chatbots can familiarize themselves with human speech standards. And it is precisely this heavy work that drives the current AI boom.
In comments on platform X, the billionaire said DeepSeek proves that China is possible to reach the US in AI.
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Thus, along with the announcement, Wang cited some recommendations for the government, such as the allocation of US resources in the right places (computing and data); The construction of the workforce of the future in the country, supporting the creation of AI jobs, as training agents and engineers; and prepare US agencies for AI. As a last point, the billionaire mentioned an expensive theme to Trump: the creation of energy to support the entire “AI boom.”
