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Jack Dorsey

04/25/20

@ Lex Fridman

We built a strong data science discipline within the first year of the company to responsibly bring more people into the system without compromising security.

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Jack Dorsey: Square, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #91

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Jack Dorsey: Square, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #91

04/25/20

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Michael Babineau

05/30/19

@ Y Combinator

We hire data scientists who possess strong quantitative backgrounds and can approach problems from first principles, rather than just relying on tools.

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Zach Perret

05/27/25

@ Acquired

Raising a large funding round in 2021 allowed us to rapidly expand our engineering team and replatform our data backend, enabling us to shift towards becoming an analytics business.

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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

Security must become a priority for everyone in a company, from the CEO to engineers, as protecting customer data is essential for business success.

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Julia Hartz

03/13/14

@ Y Combinator

In the early days, we focused on hiring the best talent to fill gaps in our skills, which helped us grow from three to over 300 employees in just a few years.

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Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

Moving from intuition to data-informed decision-making was essential as we scaled, shifting from personal interactions to data analysis.

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Y Combinator Cast

06/24/22

@ Y Combinator

Once we ensured basic safety for our team, we focused on growing our business and acquiring new designers and customers, even amidst the war.

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Shou Chew

04/22/23

@ TED

We are localizing data in a way that no other company has done, ensuring American data is stored securely and overseen by American personnel.

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Alexandr Wang

11/14/23

@ Accel

We realized that there needed to be an infrastructure platform, like AWS or Stripe, specifically focused on data to power the AI industry.

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Y Combinator Cast

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The success of our operational data business created the momentum to explore building applications, which was a significant evolution for Scale AI.