AI is moving fast. Too fast to follow everyone. The good news? You don’t need to. Here’s a curated list of some of our favorite builders, researchers, and storytellers who actually shape the conversation.
Follow them to cut through the noise, stay inspired, and get ideas you can use.
Founders & Builders
These are the people driving the companies behind AI’s biggest breakthroughs.
Sam Altman (OpenAI) - Product direction, strategy, and candid reflections on building safe AI. (Follow: X)
Demis Hassabis (DeepMind) - Breakthroughs like AlphaGo & AlphaFold; thoughtful on AGI’s future. (Follow: X)
Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft AI) - DeepMind co-founder, now shaping Microsoft AI with a focus on ethics + policy. (Follow: X. Personal website: https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/)
Dario Amodei (Anthropic) - Safety-first CEO of Anthropic (Claude). Deep, accessible takes on responsible scaling. (Follow: X, Website)
Aaron Levie (Box) - Sharp, witty takes on the future of AI (Follow: X)
Translators & Practitioners
The voices who make AI practical for work and leadership.
Ethan Mollick (Wharton Professor) - “One Useful Thing” newsletter = experiments, prompts, and playbooks you can use today. (Follow: Newsletter)
Allie K. Miller - Clear, business-first voice on AI adoption. Great for execs and operators. (Follow: LinkedIn)
Paul Roetzer (Marketing AI Institute) - Turns AI into repeatable business systems. Our team’s favorite AI podcast. (Follow: LinkedIn, Weekly Podcast)
Additional People to Follow for More Technical Content
The scientific heavyweights behind modern AI.
Fei-Fei Li (Stanford HAI) - Vision pioneer + champion of human-centered AI. (Follow: X)
Andrew Ng (DeepLearning.AI) - Practical AI education + frameworks to get started. (Follow: X, DeepLearning.AI)
Andrej Karpathy - Frontier researcher + gifted explainer. Must-follow for LLM/engineering insights. (Follow: X)