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Lucy Guo Becomes Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire

Credited to her retained 5% stake after a fresh $25 billion valuation of Scale AI, her creator platform Passes now faces a lawsuit over alleged harmful content

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Overview

  • Forbes’ June 4, 2025 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women ranks Guo at No. 26 with a $1.3 billion net worth
  • Guo co-founded Scale AI in 2016 and kept a 5% stake when she left in 2018, which is now valued at roughly $1.2 billion
  • After launching Passes in 2022, she raised $40 million in Series A funding last year for the creator subscription platform
  • A February class action suit accuses Passes of allowing child pornography and other harmful content, claims Guo’s team has moved to dismiss as baseless
  • Her rise highlights how AI valuations are reshaping wealth creation and underscores the content moderation challenges facing creator networks