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# TIME100 AI

The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023: TIME's list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence.

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## Leaders

* ![Dario and Daniela Amodei sitting next to each other.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2c95509ecba88c9/698a3fd8457a527398d67e5f/anthropic-dario-daniela-time100ai-.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Dario and Daniela Amodei](/collections/time100-ai/6309047/daniela-and-dario-amodei/)  
CEO & President, Anthropic  
byWill Henshall and Billy Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt900f6b17907343ea/698a3fff929fad2620bfa1e3/Altman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Sam Altman](/collections/time100-ai/6309022/sam-altman-ai-2/)  
CEO, OpenAI  
byBilly Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3bb926fc27209b7/698a4008db2987cb422694d2/Hassabis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Demis Hassabis](/collections/time100-ai/6309001/demis-hassabis-ai/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Google DeepMind  
byBilly Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc11b4c05a295ef75/698a400f22fb855914e2f048/Li-Robin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Robin Li](/collections/time100-ai/6310648/robin-li/)  
CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder, Baidu  
byCharlie Campbell
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66b6018648ce78e3/698a4005db2987c0702694c4/Delangue.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Clément Delangue](/collections/time100-ai/6308994/clement-delangue/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Hugging Face  
byBilly Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt885109de8acd776a/698a400c16d8849da9c3c2e8/Ibrahim.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Lila Ibrahim](/collections/time100-ai/6308968/lila-ibrahim/)  
COO, Google DeepMind  
byWill Henshall


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6953a75a17dc0f52/698a401222fb8541d8e2f050/Musk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Elon Musk](/collections/time100-ai/6310657/elon-musk-ai-2/)  
Founder, xAI  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb18747f4734d81/698a401a47ca38d90d3bb1c6/Urtasun.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Raquel Urtasun](/collections/time100-ai/6310622/raquel-urtasun/)  
CEO and Founder, Waabi  
byAlejandro de la Garza
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f577eb0ec00f81a/698a400c4ee2629fe231bb46/Karp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Alex Karp](/collections/time100-ai/6310640/alex-karp-2/)  
Co-Founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies  
byVera Bergengruen
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte09e1cce2843a15b/698a400a86f68e37ff6f2bd2/Hoffman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Reid Hoffman](/collections/time100-ai/6309447/reid-hoffman/)  
Entrepreneur and Investor  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![Greg Brockman](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte083b2a5682f931d/698a4000db2987307d2694b3/Brockman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Greg Brockman](/collections/time100-ai/6309033/greg-brockman/)  
Co-Founder and President, OpenAI  
byWill Henshall
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt945f3992d25df5b3/698a401116d88415b2c3c2ef/AndreessenNEW.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Marc Andreessen](/collections/time100-ai/6309457/marc-andreessen/)  
Entrepreneur and Investor  
byAndrew R. Chow


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4676815da27e6d76/698a401516d884f42bc3c2f3/Rivera.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Sandra Rivera](/collections/time100-ai/6311099/sandra-rivera/)  
General Manager of Data Center and AI Group, Intel  
byAyesha Javed
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1a037dd4046a041/698a400686f68e274b6f2bcb/Gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Aidan Gomez](/collections/time100-ai/6310653/aidan-gomez/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Cohere  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf65c5a31a3e4cd3/698a4007cabb1d2c6be51b94/Gross.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Daniel Gross](/collections/time100-ai/6310591/daniel-gross/)  
Entrepreneur and Investor  
byWill Henshall
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta948d1d4d72b6425/698a400d4ee262044231bb4b/Lee.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Kai-Fu Lee](/collections/time100-ai/6310603/kai-fu-lee/)  
Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures  
byCharlie Campbell
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74c1bebb761e87be/698a401ad07533cf2ce6e5ba/Teevan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Jaime Teevan](/collections/time100-ai/6310646/jaime-teevan/)  
Chief Scientist, Microsoft  
byAyesha Javed
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69e57754c148fd3/698a4013b21a9c37815078d7/Ng.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Andrew Ng](/collections/time100-ai/6310614/andrew-ng/)  
Founder, DeepLearning.AI  
byTIME Staff


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ba2c1fe1d720800/698a401747ca38cef13bb1bf/Scott.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Kevin Scott](/collections/time100-ai/6310655/kevin-scott/)  
CTO and Executive Vice President of AI, Microsoft  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b1b44f046375d68/698a400be6e84a36ab2b06f3/Huang.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Jensen Huang](/collections/time100-ai/6310609/jensen-huang-ai-2/)  
CEO, President and Co-Founder, Nvidia  
byCharlie Campbell
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99205c81392968e2/698a4018d075332dc9e6e5b6/Shih.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Clara Shih](/collections/time100-ai/6311101/clara-shih/)  
CEO, Salesforce AI  
byIssie Lapowsky
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40638b51a00080fd/698a401c16d88434a5c3c2fb/Wang.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Alexandr Wang](/collections/time100-ai/6310631/alexandr-wang-2/)  
CEO and Founder, Scale AI  
byVera Bergengruen
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt643637f07a47a927/698a4018cabb1dc367e51baa/Suleyman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Mustafa Suleyman](/collections/time100-ai/6309466/mustafa-suleyman-2/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Inflection AI  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cf69974ce35f350/698a4014929fad60afbfa1fc/Raibert.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Marc Raibert](/collections/time100-ai/6308790/marc-raibert/)  
Executive Director, Boston Dynamics AI Institute  
byJeffrey Kluger


## Innovators

* ![Ted Chiang against a white backdrop](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbe5966d4f3a66bd/698a3fd809208f3a1441aa6e/ted-chiang-time100ai-ian-allen.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Ted Chiang](/collections/time100-ai/6308990/ted-chiang/)  
Writer  
byBilly Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77e49148e3168914/698a4001cabb1dfd74e51b8e/BrookerHANDOUT.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Charlie Brooker](/collections/time100-ai/6309462/charlie-brooker/)  
Writer  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt404f37cb98ac0193/698a4009d07533a028e6e5a6/Herndon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Holly Herndon](/collections/time100-ai/6309468/holly-herndon/)  
Musician  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcae88174c72d212/698a4012011682676d983645/Moiloa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Pelonomi Moiloa](/collections/time100-ai/6309035/pelonomi-moiloa/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Lelapa AI  
byAnna Gordon
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74bfc1ad85790ed6/698a400716d884725dc3c2de/Grimes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Grimes](/collections/time100-ai/6309464/grimes/)  
Musician  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta769b571e029a06b/698a400c22fb85156de2f03f/Khosla.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Neal Khosla](/collections/time100-ai/6308788/neal-khosla/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Curai  
byJamie Ducharme


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb4af03c9b89fb71/698a4005b3fce3c0770cacb5/Dinkins.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Stephanie Dinkins](/collections/time100-ai/6309453/stephanie-dinkins/)  
Artist  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b76d7acb21db4e5/698a400301168225c8983635/Chung.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Sougwen Chung](/collections/time100-ai/6309455/sougwen-chung/)  
Artist  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1187c5c5fe1c2d07/698a401b47ca381ffa3bb1ca/ValenzuelaUSE-THIS-ONE.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Cristóbal Valenzuela](/collections/time100-ai/6308278/cristobal-valenzuela-2/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Runway  
byTIME Staff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3f9d4fd3684ad8/698a401bb3fce3154a0cacd9/Wachowski.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Lilly Wachowski](/collections/time100-ai/6309075/lilly-wachowski/)  
Filmmaker  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt431d189f0cd89aa5/698a4002db2987a5e62694b8/Chopra.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Manu Chopra](/collections/time100-ai/6308973/manu-chopra/)  
CEO, Karya  
byBilly Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408d50a5bd4b40e7/698a400c86f68e521c6f2bd6/Kallot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Kate Kallot](/collections/time100-ai/6310625/kate-kallot/)  
CEO and Founder, Amini  
byJustin Worland


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcafc84e648a486f4/698a4013b21a9c78cf5078dc/Obermeyer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Ziad Obermeyer](/collections/time100-ai/6308242/dr-ziad-obermeyer/)  
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley  
byAngela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5871b2ced57544be/698a4017b21a9c1a895078e0/Shazeer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Noam Shazeer](/collections/time100-ai/6310599/noam-shazeer/)  
CEO and Co-Founder, Character.AI  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc54add3c16a59f3e/698a4004db2987770c2694c0/Darcy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Alison Darcy](/collections/time100-ai/6310605/alison-darcy-ai/)  
Founder and President, Woebot Health  
byAngela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf866ac7038cce8ea/698a4010096a9482af6ae1af/Manning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Nathaniel Manning](/collections/time100-ai/6308950/nathaniel-manning/)  
COO and Co-founder, Kettle  
byAlejandro de la Garza
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4e57683aec1437/698a4007096a94010a6ae19d/Gupta.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Tushita Gupta](/collections/time100-ai/6308238/tushita-gupta/)  
CTO and Co-Founder, Refiberd  
byKyla Mandel
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a7544f43c8d70c/698a400b457a52258dd67e9d/Hopkins.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Andrew Hopkins](/collections/time100-ai/6311128/andrew-hopkins/)  
CEO and Founder, Exscientia  
byWill Henshall


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79a979faa4cbc490/698a401447ca3849e13bb1b4/Rebeiz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Linda Dounia Rebeiz](/collections/time100-ai/6309451/linda-dounia-rebeiz/)  
Artist  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebd000b5438ce653/698a4018096a94ba196ae1c5/Socher.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Richard Socher](/collections/time100-ai/6310642/richard-socher/)  
CEO and Founder, You.com  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d0dd6134b6a7a6e/698a4005457a5232d7d67e8f/Dreyer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Keith Dreyer](/collections/time100-ai/6310627/keith-dreyer/)  
Chief Data Science Officer, Mass General Brigham  
byAlice Park
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt773081045ecb4b3d/698a400d457a5282bcd67ea7/Xu.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Nancy Xu](/collections/time100-ai/6310644/nancy-xu/)  
CEO and Founder, Moonhub  
bySimmone Shah
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6f22ba2eba0deb5/698a4016cabb1d1ea7e51ba6/Rootport.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Rootport](/collections/time100-ai/6308954/rootport/)  
Author of Japanese manga  
byChad de Guzman


## Shapers

* ![Dr. Alondra Nelson, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy \(OSTP\), at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d9bd1d996347992/698a3fd947ca3839c33bb150/alondra-nelson-t100ai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Alondra Nelson](/collections/time100-ai/6309077/alondra-nelson/)  
Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study and Policy Adviser  
byAndrew R. Chow
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2ca8c830cd770e2/698a400a47ca38d22c3bb1a5/Hogarth.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Ian Hogarth](/collections/time100-ai/6309473/ian-hogarth/)  
Chair of the U.K.’s Frontier AI Taskforce  
byBilly Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt833cb198a31334f4/698a401986f68ecf846f2be5/Tang.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Audrey Tang](/collections/time100-ai/6308288/audrey-tang/)  
Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan  
byYasmeen Serhan

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