Overview

• On a Sept. 17 TBPN podcast, the Scale AI co-founder urged 13-year-olds to spend all their time learning AI-assisted coding.
• Wang said he has been “radicalized by AI coding” and likened today’s opening to the early personal-computer era that rewarded early adopters like Bill Gates.
• He predicted that within five years an AI model could produce all the code he has written, highlighting a rapid shift toward automated programming.
• AI coding platforms such as Replit, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, and Qodo enable users to build software by describing what they want instead of writing every line.
• Reports point to his standing in the field, citing Scale AI’s roughly $29 billion valuation, a Forbes net worth estimate of $3.2 billion, and his reported June hire by Meta as chief AI officer, while experts like Andrew Ng also promote learning to code with AI tools.