I Interviewed the Most Creative Man Alive: David Holz (CEO of Midjourney)
This was one of the most fascinating conversations I've ever had. David Holz, founder and CEO of Midjourney, is truly ahead of his time and...
Work Experience
Midjourney
Founder
Responsibilities
Self-funding an independent research lab focused on exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species.
Leap Motion
Co-Founder & CTO
Responsibilities
- Technical leader for 6 generations of markerless hand tracking
- Hardware leader for 4 generations of imaging systems, including custom sensors, optics, leds.
- Design leader for hand-based midair user interfaces for over a decade
- Shipped a million hardware devices used by over 300,000 software developers
NASA Langley Research Center
Graduate Student Researcher
Responsibilities
LiDAR and Atmospheric science for Earth and Mars at the Science Directorate and Systems Engineering Directorate
Max Planck Institute
Student Researcher
Responsibilities
Neuroimaging algorithms for the first cell level map of an entire rat brain
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Field of Study
Applied Mathematics
Technical Expertise
David Holz possesses deep technical expertise spanning AI, software development, advanced physics, and product leadership.
Core Disciplines
Physics
Algorithms
Science
Mathematical Modeling
Programming & Engineering
C++
Python
JavaScript
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering
AI/Advanced Tech
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Scientific Computing
Simulations
Business & Product
Program Management
Product Management
SaaS
Media Mentions
Platform Stats
Twitter Followers
45.8K
About David Holz
David Holz is the founder and CEO of Midjourney, an AI research lab focused on design, infrastructure, and human imagination. He is also the co-founder of Leap Motion and previously worked as a researcher at NASA.
Key Roles
AI Founder
CEO
Midjourney
Leap Motion Co-Founder
Achievements
NASA Researcher
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