AI hall of fame

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur and technology executive best known as the CEO of OpenAI, the research lab that brought artificial intelligence into the global mainstream. Under his leadership, OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022—a conversational

Jensen Huang is a Taiwanese-American engineer, entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, the company that transformed graphics processors into the indispensable engines of the artificial intelligence revolution. Often hailed as the “Emperor

Elon Musk is a South African–born entrepreneur, engineer, and CEO of multiple high-impact technology companies—including Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter)—who has played a complex and influential role in the evolution of artificial intelligence

In the history of artificial intelligence, few scientific journeys embody the arc of perseverance, vision, and eventual vindication as profoundly as that of Yoshua Bengio. For more than three decades—through periods of skepticism, funding droughts, a

In the grand endeavor to make machines understand human language, few figures have shaped the field as deeply or consistently as Christopher D. Manning. A computational linguist, computer scientist, and educator of rare intellectual breadth, Manning

In the annals of artificial intelligence, few breakthroughs have captured the world’s imagination—or reshaped the field—as profoundly as AlphaGo’s victory over Lee Sedol in 2016. Behind that historic moment stood David Silver, a quiet but relentless

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, where breakthroughs often outpace reflection, Stuart Russell stands as one of the field’s most profound and prescient thinkers. A computer scientist, educator, and philosopher of technolog

In the pantheon of artificial intelligence pioneers, few have shaped the field as broadly—and humanely—as Andrew Ng. A computer scientist, entrepreneur, and educator of rare vision, Ng has played a pivotal role in transforming AI from an esoteric aca

In the global race to build powerful, accessible artificial intelligence, Wenfeng Liang has emerged as one of the most consequential—and under-recognized—figures of the post-ChatGPT era. As founder and CEO of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup headquarte

In the high-stakes race to build increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems, Dario Amodei has emerged as one of the field’s most principled and technically rigorous voices. As co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, a leading AI safety and researc

Ilya Sutskever is a Russian-born Canadian-Israeli computer scientist whose quiet brilliance and relentless focus have shaped the very architecture of artificial intelligence in the 21st century. As the co-inventor of key deep learning breakthroughs,

Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive and the CEO of Microsoft, widely credited with transforming the company into a global leader in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Since taking the helm in 2014, Nadella has redefined M

Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and CEO of Meta Platforms, best known for co-founding Facebook. In recent years, he has emerged as one of the most influential advocates for open-source artificial intelligence, positioning Meta

Ian Goodfellow is an American computer scientist best known as the inventor of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)—a groundbreaking framework that revolutionized generative modeling and reshaped the landscape of artificial intelligence. His work l

Fei-Fei Li is a Chinese-American computer scientist, professor at Stanford University, and a leading voice in the global effort to build human-centered, ethical, and inclusive artificial intelligence. Widely recognized as one of the most influential