Coinbase CEO, Tesla CEO and More Praise Young CEO For Strictly Hiring Based On ‘Merit’ And Not ‘Diversity’: ‘Not Just Good For Business, But Morally Right’ [Video]

Following his announcement of a merit-based hiring policy, the CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) startup garnered praise from fellow industry leaders, including Elon Musk.

On the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Alexandr Wang, who founded Scale AI in 2016, announced the formalisation of his company’s MEI hiring policy – Merit, Excellence, and Intelligence. This contrasts with the more prevalent DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives many other companies adopt.

“Scale is a meritocracy, and we must always remain one. Hiring on merit will be a permanent policy at Scale,” he wrote.

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Scale AI, a six-year-old startup, boasts a valuation of $14 billion. According to Wang, the company has collaborated with OpenAI on the development of GPT-2 using …