TIME100 AI 2026 list features Zhipu's Zhang Peng, Moonshot's Yang Zhilin and Manus' Xiao Hong
Azaliamirh · x · 2026-08-28
TIME published its 2026 TIME100 AI list of the world's most influential people in AI. AlphaChip co-founders Azalia Mirhoseini and Anna Goldie made the list for founding Ricursive to compress chip design from years to days.
Chinese AI leaders on the list include Zhipu CEO Zhang Peng, Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin, Manus founder Xiao Hong, and AgiBot's Deng Taihua. International names include Cursor CEO Michael Truell, Cerebras' Andrew Feldman, founders of Suno, Harvey, Mercor and OpenEvidence, plus actor-filmmaker Ben Affleck.
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