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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 TeslaModel labs#2Sam AltmanChief executive, OpenAIModel labs#3Jensen HuangFounder, president and chief executive, NVIDIAChips#4Mark ZuckerbergChairman and chief executive, MetaModel labs#5Satya NadellaChairman and chief executive, MicrosoftHyperscalers#6Donald TrumpPresident of the United StatesPolicy / Politics#7Demis HassabisCo-founder and chair of Google DeepMind; chief scientist of AlphabetModel labs#8Dario AmodeiCo-founder and chief executive, AnthropicModel labs#9Sundar PichaiChief executive of Google and AlphabetHyperscalers#10Lex FridmanPodcast host, Lex Fridman PodcastContent producers#11Andrej KarpathyResearcher, pretraining team, AnthropicModel labs#12Yann LeCunFounder and executive chairman, AMI Labs; professor, NYUModel labs#13Geoffrey HintonUniversity Professor Emeritus, University of TorontoModel labs#14Bill GatesChair, Gates FoundationCapital#15Tim CookExecutive chairman, AppleHyperscalers#16Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of ChinaPolicy / Politics#17Larry EllisonExecutive chairman and chief technology officer, OracleHyperscalers#18Masayoshi SonFounder, chairman and chief executive, SoftBank GroupCapital#19Ilya SutskeverCo-founder and chief executive, Safe SuperintelligenceModel labs#20Jeff BezosFounder of Amazon; co-chief executive of PrometheusCapital#21Liang WenfengFounder and chief executive, DeepSeekModel labs#22Mira MuratiCo-founder and chief executive, Thinking Machines LabModel labs#23Alexandr WangChief AI Officer, MetaModel labs#24Lisa SuChair and chief executive, AMDChips#25Marc AndreessenCo-founder and general partner, Andreessen HorowitzCapital#26Mustafa SuleymanChief executive, Microsoft AIModel labs#27Andy JassyPresident and chief executive, AmazonHyperscalers#28Peter ThielCo-founder and partner, Founders FundCapital#29Yoshua BengioCo-president and scientific director, LawZero; professor, Université de MontréalModel labs#30Greg BrockmanCo-founder and president, OpenAIModel labs#31Daniela AmodeiCo-founder, president and board chair, AnthropicModel labs#32C.C. Wei (Wei Zhejia)Chairman and chief executive, TSMCChips#33JD VanceVice President of the United StatesPolicy / Politics#34David SacksWhite House AI/crypto czar orbitPolicy / Politics#35Arthur MenschCo-founder and chief executive, Mistral AIModel labs#36Clem DelangueCo-founder and chief executive, Hugging FaceModel labs#37Dylan PatelFounder, chief executive and chief analyst, SemiAnalysisContent producers#38Hock TanPresident and chief executive, BroadcomChips#39Marco RubioUS Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, United States GovernmentPolicy / Politics#40Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European CommissionPolicy / Politics#41Reid HoffmanPartner, GreylockCapital#42Paul GrahamCo-founder, Y CombinatorCapital#43Ben ThompsonFounder and author, StratecheryContent producers#44Dwarkesh PatelHost, Dwarkesh PodcastContent producers#45Kevin ScottChief technology officer, MicrosoftHyperscalers#46Emad MostaqueFounder, Intelligent InternetModel labs#47Aravind SrinivasCo-founder and chief executive, PerplexityModel labs#48Jack ClarkCo-founder and head of public benefit, AnthropicModel labs#49Chris OlahCo-founder and interpretability research lead, AnthropicModel labs#50Jared KaplanCo-founder and chief science officer, AnthropicModel labs#51Jeff DeanCo-founder and chief executive, Discovery LoopModel labs#52John SchulmanChief scientist, Thinking Machines LabModel labs#53Nat FriedmanHead of product, Meta Superintelligence LabsModel labs#54Vinod KhoslaFounder, Khosla VenturesCapital#55Eric SchmidtChief executive, Relativity SpaceCapital#56Cathie WoodFounder, chief executive and chief investment officerCapital#57Michael BurryInvestor; author of the Cassandra Unchained newsletterCapital#58Gary MarcusProfessor emeritus of psychology and neural science, New York UniversityPolicy / Politics#59Tristan HarrisCo-founder, Center for Humane TechnologyPolicy / Politics#60Chuck SchumerUS Senator for New York and Senate Democratic Leader (Minority Leader)Policy / Politics#61Keir StarmerFormer Prime Minister of the United KingdomPolicy / Politics#62Thomas KurianChief executive, Google CloudHyperscalers#63Matt GarmanChief executive, Amazon Web ServicesHyperscalers#64Michael IntratorCo-founder, chairman and chief executive, CoreWeaveChips#65Ali GhodsiCo-founder and chief executive, DatabricksHyperscalers#66Marc BenioffCo-founder, chair and chief executive, SalesforceHyperscalers#67Chuck RobbinsChair and chief executive, CiscoHyperscalers#68Jayshree UllalChair and chief executive, Arista NetworksHyperscalers#69Michael DellFounder, chairman and chief executive, Dell TechnologiesHyperscalers#70Simon WillisonIndependent software engineer and writerContent producers#71George Hotz (geohot)Founder, the tiny corp (tinygrad); president, comma.aiContent producers#72Yannic KilcherCo-founder and chief technology officer, DeepJudge; YouTuberContent producers#73Noam ShazeerAI scientist, OpenAIModel labs#74Aidan GomezCo-founder and chief executive, CohereModel labs#75Leopold AschenbrennerAuthor of Situational Awareness; founder of Situational Awareness LPContent producers#76Stuart RussellProfessor of computer science, UC BerkeleyPolicy / Politics#77Bret TaylorChair of the OpenAI board; co-founder and chief executive, SierraModel labs#78Daniel GrossAI products, Meta Superintelligence LabsModel labs#79Barret ZophCTO of Thinking Machines LabModel labs#80Koray KavukcuogluSenior vice president, Google DeepMind; chief AI architect, GoogleModel labs#81Shane LeggCo-founder and chief AGI scientist, Google DeepMindModel labs#82Sam McCandlishCo-founder and chief architect, AnthropicModel labs#83Igor BabuschkinCo-founder of xAIModel labs#84Jan LeikeLead, Alignment Science, AnthropicModel labs#85Helen TonerInterim executive director, Center for Security and Emerging TechnologyPolicy / Politics#86Max TegmarkProfessor of physics, MIT; president, Future of Life InstitutePolicy / Politics#87Guillaume LampleCo-founder and chief scientist, Mistral AIModel labs#88Timothée LacroixCo-founder and chief technology officer, Mistral AIModel labs#89Fidji SimoPart-time adviser, OpenAI (former CEO of AGI Deployment / Applications)Model labs#90Adam D'AngeloCo-founder and chief executive, QuoraModel labs#91Josh KushnerFounder and managing partner, Thrive CapitalCapital#92Ben HorowitzCo-founder and general partner, Andreessen HorowitzCapital#93Palmer LuckeyFounder, Anduril IndustriesCapital#94Trae StephensPartner, Founders Fund; co-founder and executive chairman, AndurilCapital#95Garry TanPresident and chief executive, Y CombinatorCapital#96Rene HaasChief executive, ArmChips#97Christophe FouquetPresident and chief executive, ASMLChips#98Colette KressExecutive vice president and chief financial officer, NVIDIAChips#99Sanjay MehrotraChairman and chief executive, Micron TechnologyChips#100Amy HoodExecutive vice president and chief financial officer, MicrosoftHyperscalers#101Ruth PoratPresident and chief investment officer, Alphabet and GoogleHyperscalers#102Safra CatzExecutive vice chair of the board, OracleHyperscalers#103Brad SmithVice chair and president, MicrosoftPolicy / Politics#104Kent WalkerPresident of global affairs and chief legal officer, Google and AlphabetPolicy / Politics#105Kevin RooseFormer columnist at The New York TimesContent producers#106Cade MetzReporter, artificial intelligence (Science desk), The New York TimesContent producers#107Casey NewtonFounder and editor, Platformer; co-host, Machine GodsContent producers#108Amir EfratiCo-Executive Editor, The InformationContent producers#109Jessica LessinFounder and editor-in-chief, The InformationContent producers#110Mark GurmanReporter at BloombergContent producers#111Nilay PatelEditor-in-chief, The VergeContent producers#112Zvi MowshowitzWriter, Don't Worry About the VaseContent producers#113Shawn Wang (swyx)Co-founder and editor, Latent Space; founder, Smol AIContent producers#114Andrew BosworthChief technology officer and head of Reality Labs, MetaHyperscalers#115Chris CoxChief product officer, MetaHyperscalers#116Swami SivasubramanianVice president, Agentic AI and Emerging Technologies, Amazon Web ServicesHyperscalers#117Werner VogelsVice president and chief technology officer, AmazonHyperscalers#118John GiannandreaFormer SVP, Machine Learning and AI Strategy, Apple (retired)Hyperscalers#119Craig FederighiSenior vice president, software engineering, AppleHyperscalers#120Eddie WuChief executive officer, Alibaba GroupHyperscalers#121Joe TsaiChairman, Alibaba GroupHyperscalers#122Robin LiCo-founder and chief executive, BaiduHyperscalers#123Pony Ma (Ma Huateng)Co-founder, chairman and chief executive, TencentHyperscalers#124Zhang YimingFounder (stepped down as CEO in 2021), ByteDanceHyperscalers#125Liang RuboCo-founder, chairman and chief executive, ByteDanceHyperscalers#126Lei JunFounder, chairman and chief executive, XiaomiHyperscalers#127Ian BuckVice president, hyperscale and high-performance computing, NVIDIAChips#128Forrest NorrodExecutive vice president and general manager, Data Center Solutions Business Group, AMDChips#129Victor PengChief executive officer, PsiQuantumChips#130Mark LiuFounder, TCIP Center at UC Berkeley; former chairman of TSMCChips#131Morris ChangFounder of TSMC (retired)Chips#132Charlie KawwasPresident, Semiconductor Solutions Group, BroadcomChips#133Pat GelsingerGeneral partner, Playground Global; former CEO of IntelChips#134Lip-Bu TanChief executive officer, IntelChips#135Michelle Johnston HolthausFormer CEO of Intel ProductsChips#136Peter WenninkChairman of the board, EuclydChips#137Brian VenturoCo-founder and chief strategy officer, CoreWeaveChips#138Arkady VolozhFounder and chief executive, Nebius GroupChips#139Stephen BalabanCo-founder and chief technology officer, LambdaChips#140Chase LochmillerCo-founder and chief executive, CrusoeChips#141Cristiano AmonPresident and chief executive, QualcommChips#142David ZinsnerExecutive vice president and chief financial officer, IntelChips#143Jeetu PatelPresident and chief product officer, CiscoChips#144Andy BechtolsheimCo-founder and chief architect, Arista NetworksChips#145Antonio NeriPresident and chief executive, Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHyperscalers#146Bill McDermottChief executive officer, ServiceNowChips#147Sridhar RamaswamyChief executive officer, SnowflakeChips#148Matei ZahariaCo-founder and chief technology officer, DatabricksChips#149Vivek RamaswamyRepublican nominee for Governor of Ohio (2026)Policy / Politics#150Maria CantwellUS Senator from Washington; ranking member, Senate Commerce CommitteePolicy / Politics#151Gina RaimondoCo-chair and CEO, RAISE USPolicy / Politics#152Rishi SunakMember of Parliament for Richmond and NorthallertonPolicy / Politics#153Ian HogarthChair, UK AI Security Institute; partner, PluralPolicy / Politics#154Thierry BretonFormer European Commissioner for Internal MarketPolicy / Politics#155Margrethe VestagerChair of the Board of Governors, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)Policy / Politics#156Nick CleggFormer President of Global Affairs, MetaPolicy / Politics#157Bruce SchneierSecurity technologist; adjunct lecturer, Harvard Kennedy SchoolPolicy / Politics#158Rumman ChowdhuryFounder and CEO, Humane Intelligence PBCPolicy / Politics#159Alondra NelsonHarold F. Linder Chair and Professor, Institute for Advanced StudyPolicy / Politics#160Marietje SchaakeFellow, Stanford HAI; non-resident fellow, Stanford Cyber Policy CenterPolicy / Politics#161Aza RaskinCo-founder, Center for Humane TechnologyPolicy / Politics#162Chris DixonManaging partner, a16z crypto, Andreessen HorowitzCapital#163Anjney MidhaFounder of AMP; former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, AMP PBCCapital#164Elad GilInvestor; co-host, No Priors podcastContent producers#165Mary MeekerFounder and general partner, BONDCapital#166Alessio FanelliCo-host, Latent Space; partner, DecibelContent producers#167Nathan LabenzHost, The Cognitive Revolution podcastContent producers#168Karen HaoJournalist and authorContent producers#169Anna MakanjuHead of AI for Civil Society and Philanthropy, OpenAI FoundationPolicy / Politics#170Kathleen HicksFormer US Deputy Secretary of DefensePolicy / Politics#171Roelof BothaInvestor; board member (SpaceX and others)Capital#172Alfred LinManaging partner (co-steward), Sequoia CapitalCapital#173Konstantine BuhlerPartner, Sequoia CapitalCapital#174Sonya HuangPartner, Sequoia CapitalCapital#175Pat GradyManaging partner (co-steward), Sequoia CapitalCapital#176Rajeev MisraCEO and co-founder, One Investment Management (OneIM)Capital#177Brian SingermanPartner emeritus, Founders FundCapital#178Ron ConwayCo-founder, SV AngelCapital#179Hemant TanejaChief executive officer, General CatalystCapital#180Gavin BakerManaging partner and chief investment officer, Atreides ManagementCapital#181David CahnInvestor at Sequoia CapitalCapital#182Chris MurphyUS Senator from Connecticut, United States SenatePolicy / Politics#183Pramila JayapalUS Representative for Washington's 7th district, US House of RepresentativesPolicy / Politics#184Todd YoungUS Senator from Indiana, United States SenatePolicy / Politics#185Dean W. BallHead of Strategic Futures, OpenAIPolicy / Politics#186Adam ThiererInnovation policy analyst, R Street Institute; senior fellow, FIREPolicy / Politics#187Steven BartlettHost, The Diary of a CEOContent producers#188Tim ScarfeHost and CEO, Machine Learning Street TalkContent producers#189Sarah GuoFounder, Conviction; co-host, No PriorsContent producers#190Craig S. SmithHost, Eye on AIContent producers#191Rob WiblinHost, The 80,000 Hours PodcastContent producers#192Alex KantrowitzHost, Big Technology PodcastContent producers#193Tyler CowenHolbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University; host, Conversations with TylerContent producers#194Ezra KleinColumnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show, The New York TimesContent producers#195Sam CharringtonHost, TWIML AI PodcastContent producers#196Dan ShipperChief executive officer, EveryContent producers#197Harry StebbingsFounder, 20VC; host, The Twenty Minute VCContent producers#198Paul RoetzerFounder, SmarterX; co-host, The Artificial Intelligence ShowContent producers#199NLWHost, The AI Daily Brief; founder and CEO of @besuper_aiContent producers#200Nathan LambertCo-founder and executive director, Trillium LabsContent producers