@ai_explorer25: The only AI list you need in 2026 Founders, researchers & builders. FRONTIER LAB FOUNDERS @sama - OpenAI CEO @demishass…
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A curated list of key AI founders, researchers, and builders for 2026, highlighting leaders from major AI labs and notable figures in the industry.
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The only AI list you need in 2026 Founders, researchers & builders.
FRONTIER LAB FOUNDERS @sama - OpenAI CEO @demishassabis - Google DeepMind CEO @darioamodei - Anthropic CEO
CHINA’S OPEN-WEIGHT WAVE @Kimi_Moonshot - Moonshot AI / Kimi @jietang - Zhipu co-founder & chief scientist @JustinLin610 - built the Qwen series at Alibaba
GODFATHERS @ylecun - Turing Award, pioneer of CNNs @karpathy - Anthropic, AI educator @AndrewYNg - Coursera co-founder
RESEARCHERS @ch402 - Chris Olah, interpretability (Anthropic co-founder) @ai_explorer25- Researcher, AI commentary @thsottiaux - leads OpenAI Codex
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