Categories — 100WAI

TECHNOLOGISTS

Building the Core of AI

Portrait of a person against a light background, with the text "O2 Mira Murati, San Francisco, CA, Led Development of ChatGPT at OpenAI."

Portrait of a person with short hair, wearing glasses and a purple top, labeled as "O5". Text below reads "Donna Auguste, PhD", "San Diego, CA", "Tech Trailblazer & Philanthropist".

Portrait of a woman with long brown hair and gold hoop earrings, featuring text "12" and "New York, NY" on a white background.

Smiling woman with long hair wearing a necklace and white outfit, set against a gray background. Number 21 displayed in yellow with text "San Francisco, CA Enterprise AI Transformation Leader."

Person smiling in front of a green background, wearing a jacket, text includes "26" and "Networking Tech Veteran."

Woman with long hair in a black top, text overlay includes "Ex-Tesla Leader Powering Climate AI Solutions" and "40," with location, Miami, FL.

Smiling woman with short hair, wearing a dark blouse, numbered 57, with text: New York, NY, Global Executive Applying AI in Industry.

Smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a yellow jacket, number 60 in bold yellow, text mentions Maria Zhang from Palo Alto, CA, described as a veteran tech exec building empathetic AI agents.

Close-up of a smiling person with light brown hair in front of bookshelves. Yellow number "64" is on the left. Text below includes "San Francisco, CA" and "Educating and Enabling Enterprise ML Teams."

FOUNDERS

Visionaries Making Bold Bets

Portrait of a woman with long straight hair, smiling against a beige background. Overlay text includes "04" in large yellow font, and information about her role as Co-Founder & President of Anthropic, located in San Francisco, CA.

Portrait of a smiling person next to the number 07 and text about Anna V. Dorogush from Tel Aviv, who built the AI model Taler.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long brown hair, alongside yellow text '08' on a white background. Additional text includes 'San Francisco, CA' and title 'Founder & CEO of Writer (Enterprise AI Unicorn)' partially visible.

Businesswoman with short hair in blue and red floral top, labeled "10," featuring text "Poppy Gustafsson, London, UK, CEO Who Built a $500M AI Cyber Leader."

Portrait of a smiling person with dark hair and a pink top, labeled with text '14', 'Diti Sood', 'San Francisco, CA', 'Co-founder & CEO of Bolo AI'.

A woman with long brown hair wearing a black dress is photographed outdoors. The image has text overlaying it, featuring a large yellow number '16' and text indicating 'ANADA LAKRA, New York, NY, Co-founder & CEO of BoldVoice.'

Portrait of a person smiling, wearing glasses and a light blue jacket with a black top. Text includes "17," "San Francisco, CA," and "AI Governance Leader & Policy advisor."

Smiling person with curly hair on a dark background, number 18 in yellow.

Smiling woman with long hair wearing a patterned top, with text highlighting "19," "Natayla Bailey," "Palo Alto, CA," and "Rocket Scientist Bringing AI to Heavy Industry."

Portrait of a woman with dark hair, smiling slightly, in professional attire, with text overlay including the number 23 and description mentioning Baltimore, MD and healthcare AI innovation.

Portrait of a person with the number 24 and text indicating they are a tech CEO in AI and hardware from Toronto, Ontario.

Portrait of a woman with long brown hair and a serious expression, against a gray background. Bold yellow number 27 is displayed, with text detailing location as Redwood City, CA, and mentioning AI acceleration with model tools.

Smiling woman with long hair, colorful text "30" beside her, description reads "Hayah Odeh, San Francisco, CA, Co-Founder of Replit Coding Platform."

Young person speaking passionately, wearing glasses and with dark hair, number 33 in yellow, and text mentioning Trisha Kothari from San Francisco, associated with fighting fraud using AI and CEO of Unit21.

Portrait of a person with long brown hair and a black jacket against a dark background. The number 39 is displayed in large yellow text. Below, smaller text reads "Valentina Ratner," "San Francisco, CA," followed by "Modernizing Hardware Development.

A portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair, next to the number 41 written in large yellow font. Below, text includes "Varsha Rao," "San Francisco, CA," and "Serial Tech CEO Bringing AI to Wellness."

Portrait of a person wearing a cream-colored headscarf, outdoors with leaves in the background, number 42 and text about being an expert and founder.

Woman smiling in a floral dress with the number 44 and text about e-commerce AI in San Francisco, CA.

A person in a light green sleeveless blazer with neutral background. The number 46 is in large yellow text. Below, it mentions "Nilo Rahmani," "Reston, VA," and "Twin Founders Tackling Tech Reliability."

Portrait of a smiling woman in business attire with cityscape in the background, featuring text "48", "JO VARSHNEY", "San Francisco, CA", and "Biotech founder using AI to improve drug discovery."

Woman with long hair in a green top on a white background, with the text "52" in yellow and "Data Entrepreneur Empowering Inclusive AI" below.

Portrait of a woman with long dark hair, wearing earrings, with text overlay: '54, Aparna Bhatnagar Sinha, Washington, DC, Driving AI in Finance & Investing.'"}

Portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair, standing next to a brick wall. Number 66 and text about using AI to boost customer retention are also visible.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long blonde hair. The image includes yellow text displaying the number 71 and white text with the name Kimberly Shenk, location San Francisco, CA, and a description indicating she is a data entrepreneur focused on imp

Portrait of a woman smiling, wearing a light-colored blouse. The text includes the number 72, a name, and description about being a retail tech founder in San Mateo, CA who works on personalizing shopping with AI.

Portrait photo of a woman with dark hair and light makeup, wearing a colorful scarf. The image includes yellow text reading '73' and white text stating 'Alison Alvarez, Pittsburgh, PA, Energy Data Entrepreneur Using AI for Utilities.'

Portrait of a woman with text indicating her name, location, and occupation related to AI and pet health.

Portrait of a woman with number 75, featuring name and location text, and a caption about founding an AI in agriculture company.

Portrait of a smiling person with long hair. The background contains text: "77, HEATHER SHOEMAKER, Cheyenne, WY, Pioneer in AI-Powered Language Translation for Support."

Portrait of a woman with text "79, Jyoti Ponnapalli, Dallas, TX, Driving Applied AI at a Telecom Giant."

Woman with glasses smiling, text shows number 80 and listing as a clean energy entrepreneur in Brooklyn, NY.

Portrait of a person with curly hair smiling, with yellow number 81 on the side. Text includes name, location Irvine, CA, and mentions advancing ultra low power AI hardware.

Portrait of a person with long hair and a cityscape background, featuring the number '83' and text about AI integration in Boston, MA.

A woman smiling with text, "85 YASMIN DUNSKY, Tel Aviv, Israel, Building AI Co-Pilots for Site Reliability Engineers."

Smiling person with short hair and earrings, number 90, text "Suneera Madhani, Orlando, FL, Payments Fintech CEO Embracing AI."

Portrait of a smiling woman with brown hair, wearing turquoise earrings and a green top. The number "92" is in bold yellow font. Below is text indicating the name, city, and occupation related to automating office work with AI and co-founding a compa

Portrait of a smiling woman with text overlay showing a bold yellow number 95, a name, location as San Francisco, CA, and a description "Founder Making Engineers More Efficient."

Close-up of a woman smiling, labeled "97," with text: "Nami Baral, San Francisco, CA, Fintech Founder Applying AI to Debt Management."

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RESEARCHERS

Leading Our Thinking

Portrait of a woman with dark hair and a scarf, text "01 FEI-FEI LI, Stanford, CA, AI Visionary & Diversity Champion."

Smiling woman with curly hair in a black top; text reads: "03, Daniela Rus, Cambridge, MA, MIT CSAIL Director & Robotics Trailblazer."

Person with red glasses and earrings, wearing a red top, with text indicating Cambridge, MA, Algorithmic Bias Activist & AJL Founder.

Portrait of a person smiling, wearing a scarf and large earrings with abstract patterns. The number "09" is displayed in yellow. Background shows blurred greenery. Text at the bottom reads "San Francisco, CA" and "Ethical AI Research Leader."

Portrait of a person with light-colored hair, wearing a floral blouse, and smiling slightly. The background is grey. Text overlay includes a yellow number 13, "Seattle, WA," and mentions "Ethical AI Advocate, Co-led Google's AI Ethics Team."

Portrait of a person in a red jacket smiling against a blue background, with text highlighting their achievements in data privacy.

Portrait of a person smiling with glasses, dark hair, and a blurred outdoor background. The image includes text: '29, San Francisco, CA, Transformer Co-Inventor, Revolutionizing NLP.'

A woman with long brown hair standing in front of server racks with pink cables. Large yellow number 36 on the left. Text includes name, location, and job role in AI research at Meta.

Smiling person with red hair in a blue shirt against a leafy background with text highlighting "38," "San Francisco, CA," and "Democratizing AI Research & Access."

Portrait of a smiling person with long, reddish-pink hair. Yellow number 49 is overlaid in the corner. Text below reads "Kiana Ehsani, Seattle, WA, Pushing Frontiers of Vision & Embodied AI."

A portrait of a person with long dark hair and light skin, partially visible on the right side. The number "50" in bright yellow is in the foreground on the left. Below, text reads "Fernanda Guizar, South San Francisco, CA," and "Brightseed AI Bioact

Portrait of a smiling woman wearing a patterned hijab, with bold number 68 in yellow, and text mentioning Toronto, Canada.

Close-up of a person; text overlay includes "86," "Rashmi Agrawal," "Boston, MA," and "Pioneering AI for Pharmaceutical Discovery."

OPERATORS

Executives Scaling Impact

Photo of a person with long hair, wearing a lanyard. The number '22' is in bold yellow on the image. Text includes a name and "Google Cloud AI Engineering Leader, Mountain View, CA."

Smiling woman in formal attire with text "31," "Lily Zhang," "San Francisco, CA," "Retail AI Engineering Trailblazer."

Portrait of a woman with long black hair smiling against a gray background, number 32 in yellow, text reads 'Driving AI-Powered Security at Scale'."

Black and white portrait of a person with short hair, looking to the side, wearing earrings. The number 53 is in yellow, with text indicating the name, location (San Francisco, CA), and profession as a designer merging AI with the physical world.

Portrait of a person with a number 65 overlay, labeled as an AI Engineering Leader in Enterprise Software from San Francisco, CA.

Close-up of a woman smiling, wearing a red leather jacket, with text overlay showing the number 67 and description of her role in AI analytics in automotive and mobility, located in Detroit, MI.

A portrait of a smiling person with dark hair. The number 89 is in the foreground. Text below reads: Limor Gultchin, Boston, MA, Applying AI/ML in Private Equity.

INVESTORS

Backing What’s Next

Portrait of a smiling woman with blonde hair in a professional setting, labeled with professional details including "Anna Barber," location "Los Angeles, CA," and role as a partner at M13." The number 11 is prominently displayed.

Person smiling, wearing a light blue shirt, number 25 in yellow, text mentioning San Francisco, influential AI-focused venture capitalist.

Smiling woman with dark hair listed as a tech executive turned AI investor and educator, associated with the number 35 and Palo Alto, CA. Background is blurred brown and black.

Portrait of a smiling woman with text overlay in a professional context, indicating age 37 and location in San Francisco, CA. Describes her as an AI-focused venture capital partner.

Smiling woman with long hair in a black and white portrait, number 55 in yellow, text: Juliet Bailin, London, UK, Venture Investor Bridging Data & AI.

Black and white portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, with the number 56 in yellow, and text indicating she is a product leader in San Francisco, CA focusing on AI and productivity software.

Close-up portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, accompanied by text 'Molly Welch, New York, NY, Investor funding the Next Wave of AI Startups' and the number 91.

Portrait of a smiling person labeled "94" with text "Liu Jiang," "Los Angeles, CA" and description "Investor, Storyteller, Architect of Culture-Forward Futures."

Portrait of a smiling woman with text overlay, "96", "MEERA CLARK," "San Francisco, CA," and "Venture Investor Driving Ethical AI in Fintech."

BUILDERS

Connecting the Dots

Smiling woman in black jacket on stage, number 69, text indicating "Angela Mascarenas" from New York, NY, described as a community builder for the AI ecosystem.

A Special Thank You

Special thanks to Riviera Partners, the leading executive search firm behind today’s most innovative companies. Their partnership and commitment to supporting AI’s next generation of builders and leaders helped make this campaign possible.

Meet the Partners