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The 200 people the test is for: who is shaping the machine, where they stand on AI, and their associations.
The 2026 list. Each person is counted once, under a first sector, and may also show under another: those read "interlinked".
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#1Elon MuskChief executive of SpaceX (which now includes xAI) and TeslaTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#2Sam AltmanChief executive, OpenAITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#3Jensen HuangFounder, president and chief executive, NVIDIAIndustry interlinkedChips
#4Mark ZuckerbergChairman and chief executive, MetaTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#5Satya NadellaChairman and chief executive, MicrosoftIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#6Donald TrumpPresident of the United StatesPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#7Demis HassabisCo-founder and chair of Google DeepMind; chief scientist of AlphabetScience interlinkedModel labs
#8Dario AmodeiCo-founder and chief executive, AnthropicTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#9Sundar PichaiChief executive of Google and AlphabetIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#10Lex FridmanPodcast host, Lex Fridman PodcastSociety interlinkedContent producers
#11Andrej KarpathyResearcher, pretraining team, AnthropicTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#12Yann LeCunFounder and executive chairman, AMI Labs; professor, NYUScience interlinkedModel labs
#13Geoffrey HintonUniversity Professor Emeritus, University of TorontoScience interlinkedModel labs
#14Bill GatesChair, Gates FoundationEconomics interlinkedCapital
#15Tim CookExecutive chairman, AppleIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#16Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of ChinaPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#17Larry EllisonExecutive chairman and chief technology officer, OracleIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#18Masayoshi SonFounder, chairman and chief executive, SoftBank GroupEconomics interlinkedCapital
#19Ilya SutskeverCo-founder and chief executive, Safe SuperintelligenceTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#20Jeff BezosFounder of Amazon; co-chief executive of PrometheusEconomics interlinkedCapital#21Liang WenfengFounder and chief executive, DeepSeekTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#22Mira MuratiCo-founder and chief executive, Thinking Machines LabTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#23Alexandr WangChief AI Officer, MetaTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#24Lisa SuChair and chief executive, AMDIndustry interlinkedChips
#25Marc AndreessenCo-founder and general partner, Andreessen HorowitzEconomics interlinkedCapital
#26Mustafa SuleymanChief executive, Microsoft AITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#27Andy JassyPresident and chief executive, AmazonIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#28Peter ThielCo-founder and partner, Founders FundEconomics interlinkedCapital
#29Yoshua BengioCo-president and scientific director, LawZero; professor, Université de MontréalScience interlinkedModel labs
#30Greg BrockmanCo-founder and president, OpenAITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#31Daniela AmodeiCo-founder, president and board chair, AnthropicTechnology interlinkedModel labs#32C.C. Wei (Wei Zhejia)Chairman and chief executive, TSMCIndustry interlinkedChips
#33JD VanceVice President of the United StatesPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#34David SacksWhite House AI/crypto czar orbitPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#35Arthur MenschCo-founder and chief executive, Mistral AITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#36Clem DelangueCo-founder and chief executive, Hugging FaceTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#37Dylan PatelFounder, chief executive and chief analyst, SemiAnalysisIndustry interlinkedContent producers
#38Hock TanPresident and chief executive, BroadcomIndustry interlinkedChips
#39Marco RubioUS Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, United States GovernmentPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#40Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European CommissionPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#41Reid HoffmanPartner, GreylockEconomics interlinkedCapital
#42Paul GrahamCo-founder, Y CombinatorEconomics interlinkedCapital
#43Ben ThompsonFounder and author, StratecheryIndustry interlinkedContent producers
#44Dwarkesh PatelHost, Dwarkesh PodcastSociety interlinkedContent producers
#45Kevin ScottChief technology officer, MicrosoftIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#46Emad MostaqueFounder, Intelligent InternetTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#47Aravind SrinivasCo-founder and chief executive, PerplexityTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#48Jack ClarkCo-founder and head of public benefit, AnthropicPolitics interlinkedModel labs
#49Chris OlahCo-founder and interpretability research lead, AnthropicScience interlinkedModel labs
#50Jared KaplanCo-founder and chief science officer, AnthropicScience interlinkedModel labs
#51Jeff DeanCo-founder and chief executive, Discovery LoopScience interlinkedModel labs
#52John SchulmanChief scientist, Thinking Machines LabScience interlinkedModel labs
#53Nat FriedmanHead of product, Meta Superintelligence LabsTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#54Vinod KhoslaFounder, Khosla VenturesEconomics interlinkedCapital
#55Eric SchmidtChief executive, Relativity SpaceEconomics interlinkedCapital
#56Cathie WoodFounder, chief executive and chief investment officerEconomics interlinkedCapital
#57Michael BurryInvestor; author of the Cassandra Unchained newsletterEconomics interlinkedCapital
#58Gary MarcusProfessor emeritus of psychology and neural science, New York UniversityPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#59Tristan HarrisCo-founder, Center for Humane TechnologyPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#60Chuck SchumerUS Senator for New York and Senate Democratic Leader (Minority Leader)Politics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#61Keir StarmerFormer Prime Minister of the United KingdomPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#62Thomas KurianChief executive, Google CloudIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#63Matt GarmanChief executive, Amazon Web ServicesIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#64Michael IntratorCo-founder, chairman and chief executive, CoreWeaveIndustry interlinkedChips
#65Ali GhodsiCo-founder and chief executive, DatabricksIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#66Marc BenioffCo-founder, chair and chief executive, SalesforceIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#67Chuck RobbinsChair and chief executive, CiscoIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#68Jayshree UllalChair and chief executive, Arista NetworksIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#69Michael DellFounder, chairman and chief executive, Dell TechnologiesIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#70Simon WillisonIndependent software engineer and writerTechnology interlinkedContent producers
#71George Hotz (geohot)Founder, the tiny corp (tinygrad); president, comma.aiTechnology interlinkedContent producers#72Yannic KilcherCo-founder and chief technology officer, DeepJudge; YouTuberSociety interlinkedContent producers
#73Noam ShazeerAI scientist, OpenAITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#74Aidan GomezCo-founder and chief executive, CohereTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#75Leopold AschenbrennerAuthor of Situational Awareness; founder of Situational Awareness LPSociety interlinkedContent producers
#76Stuart RussellProfessor of computer science, UC BerkeleyPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#77Bret TaylorChair of the OpenAI board; co-founder and chief executive, SierraTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#78Daniel GrossAI products, Meta Superintelligence LabsTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#79Barret ZophCTO of Thinking Machines LabTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#80Koray KavukcuogluSenior vice president, Google DeepMind; chief AI architect, GoogleTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#81Shane LeggCo-founder and chief AGI scientist, Google DeepMindScience interlinkedModel labs#82Sam McCandlishCo-founder and chief architect, AnthropicTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#83Igor BabuschkinCo-founder of xAITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#84Jan LeikeLead, Alignment Science, AnthropicScience interlinkedModel labs
#85Helen TonerInterim executive director, Center for Security and Emerging TechnologyPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#86Max TegmarkProfessor of physics, MIT; president, Future of Life InstitutePolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#87Guillaume LampleCo-founder and chief scientist, Mistral AIScience interlinkedModel labs#88Timothée LacroixCo-founder and chief technology officer, Mistral AITechnology interlinkedModel labs
#89Fidji SimoPart-time adviser, OpenAI (former CEO of AGI Deployment / Applications)Technology interlinkedModel labs
#90Adam D'AngeloCo-founder and chief executive, QuoraTechnology interlinkedModel labs
#91Josh KushnerFounder and managing partner, Thrive CapitalEconomics interlinkedCapital
#92Ben HorowitzCo-founder and general partner, Andreessen HorowitzEconomics interlinkedCapital
#93Palmer LuckeyFounder, Anduril IndustriesEconomics interlinkedCapital
#94Trae StephensPartner, Founders Fund; co-founder and executive chairman, AndurilEconomics interlinkedCapital
#95Garry TanPresident and chief executive, Y CombinatorEconomics interlinkedCapital
#96Rene HaasChief executive, ArmIndustry interlinkedChips
#97Christophe FouquetPresident and chief executive, ASMLIndustry interlinkedChips
#98Colette KressExecutive vice president and chief financial officer, NVIDIAEconomics interlinkedChips#99Sanjay MehrotraChairman and chief executive, Micron TechnologyIndustry interlinkedChips
#100Amy HoodExecutive vice president and chief financial officer, MicrosoftEconomics interlinkedHyperscalers
#101Ruth PoratPresident and chief investment officer, Alphabet and GoogleEconomics interlinkedHyperscalers
#102Safra CatzExecutive vice chair of the board, OracleIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#103Brad SmithVice chair and president, MicrosoftPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#104Kent WalkerPresident of global affairs and chief legal officer, Google and AlphabetPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#105Kevin RooseFormer columnist at The New York TimesSociety interlinkedContent producers
#106Cade MetzReporter, artificial intelligence (Science desk), The New York TimesSociety interlinkedContent producers
#107Casey NewtonFounder and editor, Platformer; co-host, Machine GodsSociety interlinkedContent producers
#108Amir EfratiCo-Executive Editor, The InformationSociety interlinkedContent producers
#109Jessica LessinFounder and editor-in-chief, The InformationSociety interlinkedContent producers
#110Mark GurmanReporter at BloombergSociety interlinkedContent producers
#111Nilay PatelEditor-in-chief, The VergeSociety interlinkedContent producers
#112Zvi MowshowitzWriter, Don't Worry About the VaseSociety interlinkedContent producers
#113Shawn Wang (swyx)Co-founder and editor, Latent Space; founder, Smol AITechnology interlinkedContent producers
#114Andrew BosworthChief technology officer and head of Reality Labs, MetaIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#115Chris CoxChief product officer, MetaIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#116Swami SivasubramanianVice president, Agentic AI and Emerging Technologies, Amazon Web ServicesIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#117Werner VogelsVice president and chief technology officer, AmazonIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#118John GiannandreaFormer SVP, Machine Learning and AI Strategy, Apple (retired)Industry interlinkedHyperscalers
#119Craig FederighiSenior vice president, software engineering, AppleIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#120Eddie WuChief executive officer, Alibaba GroupIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#121Joe TsaiChairman, Alibaba GroupIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#122Robin LiCo-founder and chief executive, BaiduIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#123Pony Ma (Ma Huateng)Co-founder, chairman and chief executive, TencentIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers#124Zhang YimingFounder (stepped down as CEO in 2021), ByteDanceIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers#125Liang RuboCo-founder, chairman and chief executive, ByteDanceIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#126Lei JunFounder, chairman and chief executive, XiaomiIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#127Ian BuckVice president, hyperscale and high-performance computing, NVIDIAIndustry interlinkedChips#128Forrest NorrodExecutive vice president and general manager, Data Center Solutions Business Group, AMDIndustry interlinkedChips
#129Victor PengChief executive officer, PsiQuantumIndustry interlinkedChips#130Mark LiuFounder, TCIP Center at UC Berkeley; former chairman of TSMCIndustry interlinkedChips
#131Morris ChangFounder of TSMC (retired)Industry interlinkedChips#132Charlie KawwasPresident, Semiconductor Solutions Group, BroadcomIndustry interlinkedChips
#133Pat GelsingerGeneral partner, Playground Global; former CEO of IntelIndustry interlinkedChips
#134Lip-Bu TanChief executive officer, IntelIndustry interlinkedChips
#135Michelle Johnston HolthausFormer CEO of Intel ProductsIndustry interlinkedChips#136Peter WenninkChairman of the board, EuclydIndustry interlinkedChips
#137Brian VenturoCo-founder and chief strategy officer, CoreWeaveIndustry interlinkedChips
#138Arkady VolozhFounder and chief executive, Nebius GroupIndustry interlinkedChips
#139Stephen BalabanCo-founder and chief technology officer, LambdaIndustry interlinkedChips#140Chase LochmillerCo-founder and chief executive, CrusoeIndustry interlinkedChips
#141Cristiano AmonPresident and chief executive, QualcommIndustry interlinkedChips#142David ZinsnerExecutive vice president and chief financial officer, IntelEconomics interlinkedChips
#143Jeetu PatelPresident and chief product officer, CiscoIndustry interlinkedChips
#144Andy BechtolsheimCo-founder and chief architect, Arista NetworksIndustry interlinkedChips
#145Antonio NeriPresident and chief executive, Hewlett Packard EnterpriseIndustry interlinkedHyperscalers
#146Bill McDermottChief executive officer, ServiceNowIndustry interlinkedChips
#147Sridhar RamaswamyChief executive officer, SnowflakeIndustry interlinkedChips
#148Matei ZahariaCo-founder and chief technology officer, DatabricksIndustry interlinkedChips
#149Vivek RamaswamyRepublican nominee for Governor of Ohio (2026)Politics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#150Maria CantwellUS Senator from Washington; ranking member, Senate Commerce CommitteePolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#151Gina RaimondoCo-chair and CEO, RAISE USPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#152Rishi SunakMember of Parliament for Richmond and NorthallertonPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#153Ian HogarthChair, UK AI Security Institute; partner, PluralPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#154Thierry BretonFormer European Commissioner for Internal MarketPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#155Margrethe VestagerChair of the Board of Governors, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)Politics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#156Nick CleggFormer President of Global Affairs, MetaPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#157Bruce SchneierSecurity technologist; adjunct lecturer, Harvard Kennedy SchoolPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#158Rumman ChowdhuryFounder and CEO, Humane Intelligence PBCPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#159Alondra NelsonHarold F. Linder Chair and Professor, Institute for Advanced StudyPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#160Marietje SchaakeFellow, Stanford HAI; non-resident fellow, Stanford Cyber Policy CenterPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#161Aza RaskinCo-founder, Center for Humane TechnologyPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#162Chris DixonManaging partner, a16z crypto, Andreessen HorowitzEconomics interlinkedCapital
#163Anjney MidhaFounder of AMP; former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, AMP PBCEconomics interlinkedCapital
#164Elad GilInvestor; co-host, No Priors podcastEconomics interlinkedContent producers
#165Mary MeekerFounder and general partner, BONDEconomics interlinkedCapital
#166Alessio FanelliCo-host, Latent Space; partner, DecibelTechnology interlinkedContent producers#167Nathan LabenzHost, The Cognitive Revolution podcastTechnology interlinkedContent producers
#168Karen HaoJournalist and authorSociety interlinkedContent producers#169Anna MakanjuHead of AI for Civil Society and Philanthropy, OpenAI FoundationPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#170Kathleen HicksFormer US Deputy Secretary of DefensePolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#171Roelof BothaInvestor; board member (SpaceX and others)Economics interlinkedCapital
#172Alfred LinManaging partner (co-steward), Sequoia CapitalEconomics interlinkedCapital
#173Konstantine BuhlerPartner, Sequoia CapitalEconomics interlinkedCapital
#174Sonya HuangPartner, Sequoia CapitalEconomics interlinkedCapital
#175Pat GradyManaging partner (co-steward), Sequoia CapitalEconomics interlinkedCapital#176Rajeev MisraCEO and co-founder, One Investment Management (OneIM)Economics interlinkedCapital
#177Brian SingermanPartner emeritus, Founders FundEconomics interlinkedCapital#178Ron ConwayCo-founder, SV AngelEconomics interlinkedCapital
#179Hemant TanejaChief executive officer, General CatalystEconomics interlinkedCapital
#180Gavin BakerManaging partner and chief investment officer, Atreides ManagementEconomics interlinkedCapital
#181David CahnInvestor at Sequoia CapitalEconomics interlinkedCapital
#182Chris MurphyUS Senator from Connecticut, United States SenatePolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#183Pramila JayapalUS Representative for Washington's 7th district, US House of RepresentativesPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#184Todd YoungUS Senator from Indiana, United States SenatePolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#185Dean W. BallHead of Strategic Futures, OpenAIPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#186Adam ThiererInnovation policy analyst, R Street Institute; senior fellow, FIREPolitics interlinkedPolicy / Politics
#187Steven BartlettHost, The Diary of a CEOSociety interlinkedContent producers
#188Tim ScarfeHost and CEO, Machine Learning Street TalkTechnology interlinkedContent producers
#189Sarah GuoFounder, Conviction; co-host, No PriorsSociety interlinkedContent producers
#190Craig S. SmithHost, Eye on AISociety interlinkedContent producers
#191Rob WiblinHost, The 80,000 Hours PodcastSociety interlinkedContent producers
#192Alex KantrowitzHost, Big Technology PodcastSociety interlinkedContent producers
#193Tyler CowenHolbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University; host, Conversations with TylerSociety interlinkedContent producers
#194Ezra KleinColumnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show, The New York TimesSociety interlinkedContent producers#195Sam CharringtonHost, TWIML AI PodcastTechnology interlinkedContent producers
#196Dan ShipperChief executive officer, EverySociety interlinkedContent producers
#197Harry StebbingsFounder, 20VC; host, The Twenty Minute VCEconomics interlinkedContent producers
#198Paul RoetzerFounder, SmarterX; co-host, The Artificial Intelligence ShowSociety interlinkedContent producers
#199NLWHost, The AI Daily Brief; founder and CEO of @besuper_aiSociety interlinkedContent producers
#200Nathan LambertCo-founder and executive director, Trillium LabsTechnology interlinkedContent producersNone on the list under this choice.