Who’s Who in AI? Top 25 Influencers to Follow in 2024

As the conversation around AI continues to evolve, the team at Onalytica has been listening closely to our customers and the broader market. The influence of AI in driving innovation, efficiency, and strategic decision-making is undeniable. It’s a topic that resonates not only with our clients but with the global business community as a whole.

In response to your feedback, we’ve refined our approach to these ‘Who’s Who’ lists. While Twitter remains a valuable platform for engagement, our focus has shifted towards LinkedIn as the primary channel for influencer partnerships. This change reflects the current landscape, where LinkedIn provides a more targeted and impactful avenue for professional connections and thought leadership in AI.

To make this list even more actionable, we’ve condensed it to a more curated selection of the top 25 influencers in AI. Our goal is to provide you with a concise yet powerful resource to help you navigate the AI influencer landscape effectively.

Who’s Who in AI?

You can find the metric explanations below.

1 Steve Nouri

Steve Nouri CEO and Founder Generative AI

Total Engagement: 848,749 Average Engagement: 3966

2 Pascal Bornet

Pascal Bornet Keynote Speaker, Best-selling Author and Social Media Influencer Intelligent Automation Community

Total Engagement: 594,867 Average Engagement: 2479

3 Linas Beliūnas

Linas Beliūnas Director, Revenue Zero Hash

Total Engagement: 636,286 Average Engagement: 2946

4 Dr. Joerg Storm

Dr. Joerg Storm Strategic Advisor Obvious Works GmbH

Total Engagement: 81,498 Average Engagement: 734

5 Cassie Kozyrkov

Cassie Kozyrkov Chief Executive Officer Data Scientific

Total Engagement: 53,347 Average Engagement: 606

6 Ravit Jain

Ravit Jain Founder & Host The Ravit Show

Total Engagement: 44,034 Average Engagement: 171

7 Yann LeCun

Yann LeCun VP & Chief AI Scientist Meta

Total Engagement: 44,718 Average Engagement: 1597

8 Alex Banks

Alex Banks Founder The Signal

Total Engagement: 31,562 Average Engagement: 438

9 Lior Sinclair

Lior Sinclair Founder & CEO AlphaSignal

Total Engagement: 54,961 Average Engagement: 1374

10 Vin Vashishta

Vin Vashishta Founder & AI Advisor V Squared

Total Engagement: 36,099 Average Engagement: 160

11 Bernard Marr

Bernard Marr Founder & CEO Bernard Marr & Co

Total Engagement: 37,967 Average Engagement: 95

12 Pete Huang

Pete Huang Co-Founder The Neuron

Total Engagement: 14,850 Average Engagement: 743

13 Anima Anandkumar

Anima Anandkumar Bren Professor Caltech

Total Engagement: 19,522 Average Engagement: 434

14 Ronald van Loon

Ronald van Loon Principal Analyst, CEO of the Intelligent World Ronald van Loon - Intelligent World

Total Engagement: 22,610 Average Engagement: 106

15 Helen Yu

Helen Yu CEO Tigon Advisory Group

Total Engagement: 25,875 Average Engagement: 205

16 Richard Turrin

Richard Turrin Fintech, AI & Innovation Consultant

Total Engagement: 17,512 Average Engagement: 96

17 Paul Roetzer

Paul Roetzer Founder & CEO Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute

Total Engagement: 14,477 Average Engagement: 154

18 Giuliano Liguori

Giuliano Liguori Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder Kenovy

Total Engagement: 12,406 Average Engagement: 95

19 Carissa Véliz

Carissa Véliz Associate Professor University of Oxford

Total Engagement: 12,224 Average Engagement: 130

20 Sabine VanderLinden

Sabine VanderLinden Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Venture Partner Alchemy Crew

Total Engagement: 54,304 Average Engagement: 158

21 Akshay Pachaar

Akshay Pachaar Sr. AI Engineer & Developer Advocate Lightning AI

Total Engagement: 12,290 Average Engagement: 110

22 Sebastian Raschka

Sebastian Raschka Staff Research Engineer Lightning AI

Total Engagement: 1,630 Average Engagement: 272

23 Theodora Lau

Theodora Lau Founder Unconventional Ventures

Total Engagement: 6,787 Average Engagement: 67

24 Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist Trust Insights

Total Engagement: 6,310 Average Engagement: 24

25 Glen Gilmore

Glen Gilmore Founder Gilmore Business Network - Digital Marketing & Digital Transformation

Total Engagement: 1,996 Average Engagement: 54

Understanding the metrics

• Quantify impact: Gauge how much engagement an influencer drove overall on the subject over a 6 month period with the Total Engagement metric.
• Evaluate quality: Measure the average performance of an influencer’s social media posts and content on the topic with the Average Engagement metric.

About Who’s Who reports

These Who’s Who reports are created using the Onalytica platform which has a curated database of over 1 million influencers. Our platform allows you to discover, validate and categorise influencers quickly and easily via keyword searches.

This Who’s Who list should give you an insight into who is driving the most engagement on AI online. We always want to make sure you are getting the most valuable information available from our lists, so feedback is always welcome!

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