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Alexandr Wang: From MIT Dropout to Meta's Chief AI Officer

Alexandr Wang founded Scale AI at 19 and became one of the youngest self-made billionaires. In 2025 Meta acquired a 49% stake in Scale and brought Wang in to lead its superintelligence lab.

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Palmer Luckey: From Oculus to Anduril, and the Rebuild of American Defence Tech

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Palmer Luckey: From Oculus to Anduril, and the Rebuild of American Defence Tech

Palmer Luckey founded Oculus at 19 and sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. He was fired in 2017. He founded Anduril the same year. By 2026 Anduril is one of the most valuable private defence companies in the world.

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