20 Rising Stars at OpenAI and Its Rivals

Left to right, Mike Lewis, Ethan Perez, Summer Yue, Ronen Eldan, Rafael Rafailov, Evan Hubinger, Tengyang Xie. Images courtesy of subjects

Sam Altman, Elon Musk and other artificial intelligence leaders dominate headlines as they raise unprecedented funds.

But talent, not capital, has separated the winners and losers in generative AI.

We’ve identified 20 up-and-coming researchers who have been at the forefront of their firms’ successes but whose names typically aren’t found in news articles. We chose them based on conversations with employees and managers who work with or compete against them.

Introducing The Information’s Talent Tracker: AI Research.