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Updated Aug 2026

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Name Role Company Country Industry Companies Products Reports Status
Clem Delangue Co-Founder & CEO

Advancing technology at Hugging Face requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for enterprise…

Co-Founder & CEO · Hugging Face United States AI in Enterprise Software
Products 1 Companies 1
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Co-Founder & CEO Hugging Face United States AI in Enterprise Software 1 1 3 —
Aidan Gomez Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

We need to empower enterprises with sovereign, cloud-agnostic AI models that strictly ground their answers in verifiable corporate…

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder · Cohere Canada AI in Enterprise Software
Products 2 Companies 1
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Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder Cohere Canada AI in Enterprise Software 1 2 3 —
Alexander Wang Founder (2016–2025)

Advancing technology at Scale AI requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for enterprise…

Founder (2016–2025) · Scale AI United States AI in Enterprise Software
Products 1 Companies 1
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Nikesh Arora Chairman & CEO

Advancing technology at Palo Alto Networks requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for…

Chairman & CEO · Palo Alto Networks United States AI in Cybersecurity
Products 2 Companies 1
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Chairman & CEO Palo Alto Networks United States AI in Cybersecurity 1 2 4 —
Todd McKinnon Co-Founder, CEO & Chairperson

Advancing technology at Okta requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for enterprise users.

Co-Founder, CEO & Chairperson · Okta United States AI in Cybersecurity
Products 3 Companies 1
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Co-Founder, CEO & Chairperson Okta United States AI in Cybersecurity 1 3 4 —
Pierre Naudé Founder; Chairman of the Board

Advancing technology at nCino requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for enterprise users.

Founder; Chairman of the Board · nCino United States AI in Finance
Products 1 Companies 1
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Nima Ghamsari Co-Founder & Head of Blend

Advancing technology at Blend requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for enterprise users.

Co-Founder & Head of Blend · Blend United States AI in Finance
Products 2 Companies 1
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Co-Founder & Head of Blend Blend United States AI in Finance 1 2 4 Active
Christopher Ahlberg Founder (2009–2025)

Advancing technology at Recorded Future requires rigorous software engineering, disciplined execution, and solving real operational bottlenecks for enterprise…

Founder (2009–2025) · Recorded Future United States AI in Cybersecurity
Products 1 Companies 1
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Founder (2009–2025) Recorded Future United States AI in Cybersecurity 1 1 4 Acquired
Max Levchin Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Underwriting must be based on real-time consumer financial data, not arbitrary legacy scorecards. Transparent algorithms build long-term consumer…

Chief Executive Officer & Founder · Affirm United States AI in Finance
Products 1 Companies 1
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Chief Executive Officer & Founder Affirm United States AI in Finance 1 1 4 —
Henrique Dubugras Co-Founder & Co-CEO

AI is transforming the corporate CFO office, automating expense auditing, policy enforcement, and financial forecasting with full transparency.

Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Brex United States AI in Finance
Products 1 Companies 1
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Sam Bobley Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Automating document understanding through computer vision and human-in-the-loop validation makes financial decisioning faster, fairer, and error-free.

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder · Ocrolus United States AI in Finance
Products 1 Companies 1
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Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder Ocrolus United States AI in Finance 1 1 4 —
Patrick Collison Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Economic infrastructure is fundamentally software. Providing businesses with reliable APIs accelerates global GDP and technological progress.

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder · Stripe United States AI in Finance
Products 6 Companies 1
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