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Alexandr Wang

11/14/23

@ Accel

I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where my parents were weapons physicists, which immersed me in a culture of science and technology from a young age.

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Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang | Our Most Powerful Tech | Spotlight On: AI | S1E5 | AccelVC

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Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang | Our Most Powerful Tech | Spotlight On: AI | S1E5 | AccelVC

11/14/23

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