In just a few short years, a wave of entrepreneurs and technologists has entered the billionaire club, fueled by the booming artificial intelligence sector. Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu sheds light on some of the most notable AI billionaires who emerged in 2025.
Data & Discussion
This report draws on insights from CNBC, which monitors the rising fortunes linked to AI companies globally. Net worth figures are sourced from Forbes, as of August 2025.
The average valuation for an Anysphere founder’s stake is $1.3 billion.
CoreWeave Co-founder: Michael Intrator
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, stands out with an estimated net worth of $6 billion. His company specializes in cloud infrastructure tailored for AI workloads, a sector experiencing rapid growth as AI models demand more computational power. CoreWeave went public in March 2025 at $40 per share, experiencing significant fluctuations since. Shares reached a high of $183.58 on June 20, 2025, but are currently trading in the low $90 range. CoreWeave has a strategic partnership with NVIDIA, which serves as both a key GPU supplier and a major investor.
Scale AI Co-founders: Alexandr Wang & Lucy Guo
Alexandr Wang and Lucy Guo, co-founders of Scale AI, are among the world’s youngest billionaires. The duo met while working at the social Q&A platform Quora and launched Scale AI in 2016. Based in San Francisco, the firm offers data annotation and services that support the development and refinement of AI systems. Guo has since founded Backend Ventures, a tech-focused venture capital firm, in 2019, and later Passes, a content creator monetization platform, in 2022. In June 2025, Meta invested $14.3 billion into Scale AI, positioning Wang as the leader of Meta’s Superintelligence Lab.
OpenAI Alumni: Dario Amodei, Ilya Sutskever & Mira Murati
Three notable alumni from OpenAI—Dario Amodei, Ilya Sutskever, and Mira Murati—now lead companies valued in the billions. Amodei, who previously served as vice president of research at OpenAI, co-founded Anthropic in 2021. The firm is behind Claude, which had 105 million monthly users as of January 2025. Sutskever, former chief scientist at OpenAI, co-founded Safe Superintelligence in 2024, now valued at over $30 billion, with investment from firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Alphabet. Lastly, Mira Murati, former chief technology officer at OpenAI, established Thinking Machines Lab in February 2025, securing $2 billion from a group of investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, and AMD. The company plans to unveil its first product later this year.
