Full 'AI Power List' feature: how a few dozen insiders will shape AI's future
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-11-02
Full-text link to the NY Mag 'Power' issue feature behind the AI Power List: a handful of private companies command nation-state-like wealth and self-govern, and the next capability step change hinges on the specific expertise of a few dozen engineers, founders and thinkers.
The piece frames the list with Altman and Amodei lobbying Trump to regulate to their liking while Jensen Huang and David Sacks push a light touch, then profiles all 26 figures, with VHS-style AI-generated portraits by Simon Denny.
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