Moritz Baier-Lentz

The leading cross-platform, instant sign-on solution for kids and teens. An all-in-one answer for solving the complex global issues of privacy and online safety, integrated with many of the largest publishers worldwide.

The leading framework for developers of AI-native consumer applications, created by world-class experts who pioneered generative AI at Google and DeepMind.

Leading AI frontier research lab and consumer product company on a mission to create artificial general intelligence. Maker of ChatGPT, used by almost 1 billion people every month.

Highest-grossing AI-powered game company, building voice-enabled experiences for Amazon Alexa, Fire TVs, Roku TVs, and mobile devices—leveraging voice recognition, LLM content, and speech synthesis.

Former Executive Producers of League of Legends and Wild Rift—games that collectively grossed well over $10 billion to date. Now, the duo is on a mission to bring previously impossible player dreams to life.

We founded the leading frontier research lab for action policies and world models, training on proprietary video game data. Raised $133.7M Seed funding from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and others.

Invited on a white badge for the Annual Meetings of 2024 & 2025 alongside leaders from over 100 governments and CEOs of the world's most impactful companies.

Committed to fostering inclusive, ethical, and sustainable AI, my personal focus within the broader initiative is on generative AI applications in gaming and interactive media.

Accelerating the impact of cutting-edge development to contribute to solving humanity’s greatest challenges, including AI, quantum computing, computer vision, and advanced materials & manufacturing.

Building equitable and safe virtual communities, together with key constituents of the global technology and media ecosystem; and writing about gaming and extended reality (originally, "Metaverse Initiative").

Working with civic and business leaders, technologists, educators, activists, and journalists from 120 countries to tackle challenges of global public interest. (Nomination by David M. Rubenstein.)

Raised ~$850 million and built the most impactful gaming VC firm and lead investor of 2020, 2021, and 2022; very proud of what we created as a team.

Started the firm's gaming practice (#1 in gaming M&A since) and worked closely with the world’s leading gaming and interactive media companies, including Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Take-Two.

Advised on over $300 billion deal volume across M&A and IPOs (incl. Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC and IBM's $34 billion purchase of Red Hat). Covered gaming & media as well as enterprise & deep technology.

As part of TMT's direct placements, invested in early growth-stage rounds in SpaceX (2017 & 2018), Palantir (2016; IPO at NYSE: PLTR in 2020), and Compass (2017; IPO at NYSE: COMP in 2021).

Assisted in the preparation and teaching of a gaming and esports module for the inaugural program "Building Sports Businesses" at Harvard Business School.

Helped bring together American and German leaders from business, politics, and academia for the largest student-led conference on transatlantic relations in the United States.

Advanced the cooperation among government agencies, technology corporations, and research universities with a focus on talent exchange between the White House and Silicon Valley.

As a graduate representative and member of the Globalization Committee, helped guide the policies for operation and control of the university.

Worked with C-level management of a publicly listed company on a project at the interface of business strategy and technology (MBA internship, received full-time offer).

Advised IBM's CEO, CFO, and country general managers as part of an internal strategy consulting division that also built and rolled out data science and AI solutions.

Supported graduating students on the autism spectrum in their social, mental, and physical development in preparation for an independent, fulfilled life.

Competed in Diablo II, the fastest-selling PC game at the time—culminating in a global #1 rank among 13 million players in 2003 and 2004. Played a lot of D&D along the way, too.