The AI Power List 2024

Hundreds of companies are now vying for leadership, mindshare, and billions of dollars in new funding. Data centers and electric grids are being reimagined on a scale never seen before.

Look underneath all this frenetic activity, and you find humans powering a new technology era. Some are researchers and academics. Others are engineers, entrepreneurs, and founders. Who really knows AI and who doesn't? Business Insider set out to cut through the noise and distill who you should be paying attention to in this fast-growing sector.

In 2023, BI launched its inaugural list of the 100 most important people in AI, which introduced the world to this crucial tech community.

A year on, BI’s 2024 AI Power List maps out who really knows what they're talking about and who wields real power in the field.

These people are working on a host of challenges and opportunities across AI, including making computing infrastructure more efficient, overcoming energy constraints, and guiding how this technology will change the world.

These are 2024's most powerful people in AI.