Mira Murati

Just as OpenAI burst onto the scene late last year, so did its chief technology officer, Mira Murati. Until the launch of ChatGPT, the startup’s generative AI-powered chatbot, the technologist had been under the radar. Now she’s being billed as one of the leading figures shaping the business world's increasingly AI-centric future. ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users in just two months and has spawned a full-fledged technological revolution in less than a year, with startups and big companies alike scrambling to develop AI-powered products and strategies. Murati’s influence at OpenAI, now valued at nearly $30 billion, is immense, as she is tasked with leading its research, product, and safety teams. But with that power comes great responsibility: The former Tesla engineer has said she is in favor of more regulation of AI products, but as is often the case with new technologies, development and uptake are moving much faster than policymakers.