Founders
20 founders behind 10 of the 11 companies on this site, each with a role and career from a named document, and a stake where a filing reports one. Voting power ranges from about half of the company to under 1%.
- % of main listed class
- % of votes, where shares carry different votes
- Arkady Volozhunder 1%51.62%
- Michael Novogratz50.08% / 49.25%
- Michael Intrator1.19%38.70%
- Brian Venturounder 1%20.30%
- Daniel Roberts3.22%19.76%
- William Roberts3.22%19.76%
- Brannin McBeeunder 1%14.59%
- Paul Prager8.5%
- Wes Cummins7.8%
- Nazar Khan5.7%
- Michael Ho5.6%
- Asher Genoot3.5%
- Tyler Page2.10%
- Roman Cherninunder 1%
- Andrey Korolenkounder 1%
- Jason Zhangunder 1%
From each company's latest filing. Under 1% is plotted at 0.5. Galaxy is as-converted, and Nebius voting power sits in a trust whose beneficiaries include Arkady Volozh or members of his family. Founders of Core Scientific and Equinix are not plotted, because the latest filings do not name them.
IREN Ltd
Co-founded in 2018 by brothers Daniel and William Roberts, who now share the chief executive role.
- Daniel RobertsCo-Chief Executive Officer and director
- William RobertsCo-Chief Executive Officer and director
CoreWeave, Inc.
Three co-founders: Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee. All three are still executives there.
- Michael IntratorChairperson, Chief Executive Officer and President
- Brian VenturoChief Strategy Officer and director
- Brannin McBeeChief Development Officer
Nebius Group N.V.
The filing calls Arkady Volozh the principal founder, and Roman Chernin and Andrey Korolenko co-founders. The company was called Yandex N.V. until August 2024.
- Arkady VolozhChief Executive Officer and executive director
- Roman CherninChief Business Officer
- Andrey KorolenkoChief Product and Infrastructure Officer
Applied Digital Corp.
The proxy calls Jason Zhang a co-founder, from 2021. It does not use the word for Wes Cummins, whom press coverage names as the other founder.
- Wes CumminsChief Executive Officer and Chairman
- Jason ZhangPresident and Co-Founder
Cipher Digital Inc.
The proxy says Tyler Page has been chief executive since founding the company in 2021.
- Tyler PageChief Executive Officer and director
TeraWulf Inc.
Paul Prager and Nazar Khan are both titled co-founder, and both came from Beowulf, the energy company Prager founded in 1990.
- Paul PragerChairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Nazar KhanChief Technology Officer and director
Core Scientific, Inc.
Founded in 2017. Fortune names Michael Levitt and Darin Feinstein. A 2022 company filing says Feinstein co-founded it.
- Darin FeinsteinChief Vision Officer and Co-Chair as of May 2022
- Michael LevittFormer Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair
Hut 8 Corp.
Today's Hut 8 Corp. came from a November 2023 merger. The proxy names Asher Genoot and Michael Ho as co-founders of USBTC, one side of that merger, not of the original Hut 8.
- Asher GenootChief Executive Officer and director
- Michael HoChief Strategy Officer and director
Galaxy Digital Inc.
The proxy calls Michael Novogratz the founder of Galaxy.
- Michael NovogratzChief Executive Officer and director
Equinix, Inc.
Founded in 1998 by Jay Adelson and Al Avery, who had worked together at Digital Equipment Corporation.
- Jay AdelsonFormer Chief Technology Officer
- Al AveryCo-founder
Digital Realty
GI Partners created the company in 2004 by consolidating 21 data center assets and took it public that November. We found no source that settles a single founding person, so there is no founder page for it.
Source: GI Partners
- No founder page
Questions
Who are the founders of AI infrastructure companies?
20 founders behind 10 of the 11 companies on this site, each with a role and career from a named document, and a stake where a filing reports one. Voting power ranges from about half of the company to under 1%. They include Michael Intrator of CoreWeave, Daniel and William Roberts of IREN, Arkady Volozh of Nebius, and Michael Novogratz of Galaxy.
How do you decide who counts as a founder?
A person is listed when the company's own filing calls them a founder or co-founder. Where the filing is silent, as with Equinix, Core Scientific and Wes Cummins at Applied Digital, the page names the source and says so.