AI Fifty

byMTS

AI FiftybyMTS

  1. Robin Hanson

    Economist and prediction-market pioneer

    1. George Mason University

      Associate Professor of Economics

      Present

  2. Max Spero

    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Pangram

    1. Pangram

      Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

  3. Elliot Glazer

    Set theorist and lead mathematician at Principia Labs

    1. Principia Labs

      Lead Mathematician

      2025-10 – Present

    2. Epoch AI

      Lead Mathematician

      2024-09 – 2025-09

  4. Hensen Juang

    Building Clanker Cloud

    1. Clanker Cloud

      Builder

      Present

  5. Alex Zhang

    PhD student at MIT CSAIL

    1. MIT CSAIL

      PhD Student

      Present

  6. Ahmad Osman

    Founder and CEO of Osmantic

    1. Osmantic

      Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

  7. Sauers

    AI and deep-learning researcher

  8. Stephen Balaban

    Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Lambda, building supercomputers and AI infrastructure.

    1. Lambda

      Co-Founder

      2012 – Present

  9. Deepfates

    Co-founder of Grove Research

    1. Grove Research

      Co-Founder

      Present

  10. Steven Glinert

    Co-founder and CEO of Sphere Semi

    1. Sphere Semi

      Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

  11. Brexton Pham

    Global Co-Head, AI & Compute Infrastructure at Cantor Fitzgerald

    1. Cantor Fitzgerald

      Global Co-Head, AI/Compute Infrastructure

      Present

    2. Phamily Office

      Investor

      Present

  12. Herbie Bradley

    AI governance researcher and advisor

    1. Stealth Worker

      Founder

      2026-04 – Present

    2. University of Cambridge

      Research Student

      2021 – Present

    3. UK AI Security Institute

      MTS

      2023 – 2024-10

  13. Charlie O'Neill

    Head of AI Model Training at Baseten

    1. Baseten

      Head of AI Model Training

      Present

  14. Jasmine Sun

    Writer on AI, technology, and culture

    1. The Atlantic

      Contributing Writer

      Present

    2. Reboot

      Co-Founder

      Present

  15. Anton Leicht

    Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment

    1. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

      Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program

      Present

  16. Andrew B. Hall

    Professor of Political Economy at Stanford GSB

    1. Stanford Graduate School of Business

      Davies Family Professor of Political Economy

      2022 – Present

  17. Elie Bakouch

    AI researcher at Prime Intellect

    1. Prime Intellect

      AI Researcher

      Present

    2. Hugging Face

      AI Researcher

      2026

  18. Simon Grimm

    Editor at Works in Progress

    1. Works in Progress

      Editor

      Present

  20. FleetingBits

    Writer and analyst on AI and semiconductors

    1. Fleeting Bits

      Writer and Analyst

      Present

  21. Prinz

    AI writer and analyst at PrinzAI

    1. PrinzAI

      Writer and Analyst

      Present

  22. Varun Shenoy

    Co-founder at Long Lake

    1. Long Lake

      Co-Founder

      Present

  23. Naomi Bashkansky

    Founding researcher at Conduit Intelligence

    1. Conduit Intelligence

      Founding Researcher

      Present

  24. Jacob Helberg

    U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

    1. U.S. Department of State

      Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

      Present

  25. Gavin Uberti

    Co-founder and CEO of Etched

    1. Etched

      Co-Founder and CEO

      2023 – Present

    2. OctoAI

      Engineer

      2021 – 2022

    3. Coursedog

      Engineer

      2020 – 2021

  26. Mike Israetel

    Co-founder and Chief Content Officer at RP Strength

    1. Renaissance Periodization

      Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer

      Present

  27. Samo Burja

    Founder and President of Bismarck Analysis

    1. Bismarck Analysis

      Founder and President

      2017 – Present

  28. Neil Chilson

    Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute

    1. Abundance Institute

      Head of AI Policy

      Present

    2. Federal Trade Commission

      Chief Technologist

      2021

  29. Zack Korman

    Co-founder and CEO of Embroidery

    1. Embroidery

      Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

  30. Brendan Carr

    Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

    1. Federal Communications Commission

      Chairman

      Present

  31. Logan Kilpatrick

    Builds Gemini developer tools; former OpenAI DevRel

    1. Google DeepMind

      Member of Technical Staff

      Present

    2. NumFOCUS

      President

      2024-04 – 2025-01

    3. OpenAI

      Developer Relations Lead

      2022 – 2024

  32. Sriram Krishnan

    Technology-policy builder and former White House senior AI adviser

    1. The White House

      Senior Policy Advisor for AI

      2025-01 – 2026-06

    2. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      General Partner

      2021 – 2024

    3. Twitter

      Product lead

      2017 – 2019

  33. Clément Delangue

    Co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face; angel investor

    1. Hugging Face

      Co-founder and CEO

      Present

    2. Factorial Capital

      Investment Partner

      Present

    3. Mention

      Head of Marketing

      2013 – 2014

  34. Anastasios Angelopoulos

    Co-founder and CEO at Arena

    1. Arena

      Co-founder and CEO

      2025 – Present

    2. USC Keck School of Medicine

      Researcher

      2019 – 2022

  35. Illia Polosukhin

    Co-founder of NEAR Protocol and AI researcher

    1. NEAR

      Founder

      2018 – Present

  36. Peter McCrory

    Head of Economics at Anthropic

    1. Anthropic

      Head of Economics

      Present

  37. Jerry Tworek

    Co-founder and CEO of Core Automation

    1. Core Automation

      Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

  38. Eric Ho

    Co-Founder & CEO at Goodfire

    1. Goodfire

      Co-founder and CEO

      Present

  39. Lin Qiao

    Co-founder and CEO at Fireworks AI

    1. Fireworks

      Co-Founder & CEO

      2022 – Present

  40. Adam Kovacevich

    Founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress

    1. Chamber of Progress

      Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

  41. Haseeb Qureshi

    Managing partner at Dragonfly

    1. Dragonfly

      Managing Partner

      Present

    2. MetaStable Capital

      General Partner

      2019

    3. Airbnb

      Software Engineer, Anti-Fraud

      2016-04 – 2017-06

  42. Packy McCormick

    Writer and founder of Not Boring; investor at Not Boring Capital; previously VP, Experience at Breather

    1. Not Boring

      Founder & General Partner

      Present

    2. Breather

      VP, Experience

      2018-02 – 2019-10

    3. Bank of America Merrill Lynch

      Investment Banking Associate

      2009-07 – 2013-08

  43. Steven Sinofsky

    Board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, investor, adviser, and writer

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Board Partner

      Present

    2. Microsoft

      President, Windows Division

      2006-03 – 2012-11

    3. Microsoft

      SVP, Microsoft Office

      1994-09 – 2006-03

  44. Aaron Levie

    Co-founder and CEO of Box; angel investor

    1. Box

      Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

      2005-04 – Present

  45. John Loeber

    Co-Founder and CEO, Green

    1. Green

      Co-Founder and CEO

      2025 – Present

    2. Rose

      Partner

      2025 – Present

    3. Limit

      Co-Founder and CEO

      2020 – 2025

  46. Adam Thierer

    Senior fellow focused on AI and innovation policy

    1. R Street Institute

      Resident Senior Fellow

      Present

  48. Joshua Monrad

    Co-founder of Sentinel Bio

    1. Sentinel Bio

      Co-Founder

      Present

    2. OpenAI Foundation

      Biosecurity Advisor

      Present

  49. Oliver Klingefjord

    Co-founder of the Meaning Alignment Institute

    1. Meaning Alignment Institute

      Co-Founder

      Present

  50. Tim Hwang

    General Counsel and Senior Fellow at FAI

    1. Foundation for American Innovation

      General Counsel and Senior Fellow

      Present

  51. Flo Crivello

    Founder and CEO of Lindy

    1. Lindy

      Founder and CEO

      2023 – Present

    2. Teamflow

      Founder and CEO

      2020 – 2023

    3. Uber

      Product Manager

      2020

  52. Severin Field

    AI Policy Fellow at IAPS

    1. Institute for AI Policy and Strategy

      AI Policy Fellow

      Present

  53. Yong Zheng-Xin

    AI safety researcher at OpenAI

    1. OpenAI

      AI Safety Researcher

      Present

  54. Martin Casado

    General Partner and infrastructure lead at a16z

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      General Partner and Infrastructure practice lead

      2016 – Present

    2. Astranis

      Board Member

      Present

    3. Braintrust

      Board Member

      Present