The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2026

TIME

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TIME100 AI 2026

Meet the innovators, leaders, and thinkers reshaping our world through groundbreaking advances in artificial intelligence.

Read How We Chose the List

Leaders

  • Liang Rubo

    Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO, Bytedance

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  • Jeff Bezos

    Founder, Amazon; Co-founder and Co-CEO, Prometheus

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Innovators

  • Anima Anandkumar

    Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech

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Shapers

Project Credits

  • Lead editor:Ayesha Javed
  • Editors:Alex Altman, Merrill Fabry, Dan Macsai, Cate Matthews, Gabriela Riccardi, Lily Rothman, Dayana Sarkisova, and Karl Vick
  • Art and design:Skye Quinn and Lon Tweeten
  • Audience:Diana Elbasha, Helen Ray, Kari Sonde, and Alyona Uvarova
  • Reporters:Harry Booth, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow, Steve Friess, Natasha Frost, Aimee Groth, Alex Heath, Amrita Khalid, Jeffrey Kluger, Megan McCluskey, Alice Park, Billy Perrigo, Tharin Pillay, Simmone Shah, Chris Stokel-Walker, Justin Worland, and Juwayriah Wright
  • Digital:Eric Torres and Juwayriah Wright
  • Photo:Naomy Pedroza
  • Video:Brian Braganza, Man Sum Lai, Joey Lautrup, and Alex Robson