Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang’s Predictions for AI In 2025: Geopolitical Turf Wars Escalate, AI Agents Progress, Data Beats Compute

The Scale AI CEO shares his three predictions for where the industry is headed and whether the sector is about to hit a “data wall.”

Alexandr Wang has a few bold predictions for AI’s direction in 2025. The 27-year-old Scale AI founder, son of two Los Alamos nuclear researchers, has built a $14 billion company by anticipating what’s coming next. He started labeling data for self-driving vehicles, moved into creating data for large language models, and now offers AI application building services to businesses and the U.S. government.

In 2025, Wang anticipates intensifying geopolitical turf wars as the U.S. and China both attempt to get the world to adopt their LLMs. He sees agents beginning to find everyday uses. And he’s confident scaling up AI models will depend more on data than compute.

I sat down with Wang on this week’s Big Technology Podcast to discuss, and interrogate, his predictions. You can read the Q&A below, edited lightly for length an clarity, or listen to the full podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your app of choice.