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Every founder we've covered — searchable and sortable. 43 published profiles.

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/002Twitch
Emmett Shear
Emmett Shear
Founder & CEO
CompanySoftmax
Year2026
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/003Cursor
Michael Truell
Michael Truell
Co-founder & CEO
CompanyAnysphere (Cursor)
Year2026
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/004OpenAI
Fidji Simo
Fidji Simo
CEO of Applications, OpenAI
CompanyOpenAI Applications
Year2026
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/005Scale AI
Alexandr Wang
Alexandr Wang
Chief AI Officer, Meta
CompanyMeta Superintelligence Labs (formerly Scale AI)
Year2026
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/006Flexport
Ryan Petersen
Ryan Petersen
Founder & CEO
CompanyFlexport
Year2026
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/007World Labs
Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li
Co-founder & CEO
CompanyWorld Labs
Year2026
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/008AI
Mira Murati
Mira Murati
Founder & CEO
CompanyThinking Machines Lab
Year2026
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/009defence tech
Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey
Founder
CompanyAnduril Industries
Year2026
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/010Databricks
Ali Ghodsi
Ali Ghodsi
Co-founder & CEO
CompanyDatabricks
Year2026
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/011AI
Dario Amodei
Dario Amodei
Co-founder & CEO
CompanyAnthropic
Year2026
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/012AI
Aravind Srinivas
Aravind Srinivas
Co-founder & CEO
CompanyPerplexity
Year2026
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/013Healthcare AI
Mei Chen
Mei Chen
Founder & CEO
CompanySoraya
Year2026
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/014SaaS
Priya Balakrishnan
Priya Balakrishnan
Founder & CEO
CompanyQuietQuota
Year2026
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/015compliance
Daniel Park
Daniel Park
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyLedgerline
Year2026
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/016AI agents
Maya Okafor
Maya Okafor
Founder & CEO
CompanyHalt
Year2026
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/017biotech
Sana Iyer
Sana Iyer
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyOnyx Labs
Year2026
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/018climate tech
Layla Achterberg
Layla Achterberg
Founder & CEO
CompanyGreenmark
Year2026
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/019AI infrastructure
Ezra Maddox
Ezra Maddox
Cofounder & CEO
CompanySwitchboard
Year2026
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/020hardware
Anil Sharma
Anil Sharma
Founder & CEO
CompanyAxiom Dynamics
Year2026
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/021DevTools
Tomas Okafor
Tomas Okafor
Founder & CEO
CompanyRootStack
Year2026
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/022Hardware
Dmitri Werner
Dmitri Werner
Founder & CEO
CompanyHelix Edge
Year2026
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/023bootstrap
Marek Janowski
Marek Janowski
Founder
CompanyPondscale
Year2026
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/024health tech
Inez Marin
Inez Marin
Founder & CEO
CompanyVerde
Year2026
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/025second-time founder
Hannah Voss
Hannah Voss
Founder & CEO
CompanyTideline
Year2026
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/026acquisition
Yusuf Adeyemi
Yusuf Adeyemi
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyNorthline Analytics
Year2026
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/027bootstrap
Nora Mancini
Nora Mancini
Solo founder
CompanyAtlas Vault
Year2026
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/028open source
Talia Reis
Talia Reis
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyBeacon
Year2026
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/029security
Reuben Larsson
Reuben Larsson
Cofounder & CTO
CompanyCoastal Security
Year2026
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/030pricing
Aliyah Boateng
Aliyah Boateng
Cofounder
CompanyMainline
Year2026
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/031healthtech
Helena Vasquez
Helena Vasquez
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyLoomwork Health
Year2026
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/032insurtech
Priscilla Okonkwo
Priscilla Okonkwo
Founder & CEO
CompanyQuorum Risk
Year2026
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/033developer tools
Ravi Subramanian
Ravi Subramanian
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyPelt
Year2026
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/034agency
Maya Chen
Maya Chen
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyDrift Studio
Year2026
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/035marketplace
Camille Rousseau
Camille Rousseau
Founder & CEO
CompanyLarder
Year2026
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/036vertical SaaS
Bree Calloway
Bree Calloway
Cofounder
CompanyCasefile
Year2026
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/037edtech
Marcus Whitfield
Marcus Whitfield
Founder & CEO
CompanyRoster
Year2026
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/038consumer social
Tomás Riveros
Tomás Riveros
Cofounder & CEO
CompanySift
Year2026
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/039devops
Stefan Brückner
Stefan Brückner
Founder & CEO
CompanyTarmac
Year2026
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/040fintech
Aman Shah
Aman Shah
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyPierline
Year2026
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/041hardware
Yusra Karim
Yusra Karim
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyHalide Sensors
Year2026
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/042open source
Idris Boateng
Idris Boateng
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyMountainside Labs
Year2026
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/043robotics
Diego Mendoza
Diego Mendoza
Cofounder & CEO
CompanyStilt Robotics
Year2026
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