Top 50 AI Folks to Follow on X
Follow the builders.
Whatever you think of Elon Musk or X (Twitter), frontier AI lives on X.
This is a list of (in my opinion) the top 50 Frontier AI folk on X. These are the practitioners: people building real products, sharing actual code, and showing their work.
I’ve organized them by what they’re actually good at, so you can follow the ones relevant to your work.
...and of course you're welcome to follow me on x – @visionik
🧠 AI Researchers Who Actually Build
These aren’t ivory tower academics. They publish papers and ship products.
- @karpathy — Ex-Tesla AI director, now teaching LLMs from first principles. His neural network videos are the gold standard.
- @ylecun — Meta’s Chief AI Scientist. Hot takes, real research, and willing to argue with anyone.
- @DrJimFan — NVIDIA AI researcher working on foundation agents and robotics. Practical applications of frontier models.
- @hardmaru — Google Brain researcher who bridges AI art and serious research. Creative applications that actually work.
- @_akhaliq — Daily AI paper drops with zero fluff. If something important was published, he posted it.
- @emollick — Wharton professor studying how AI actually changes work. Research-backed productivity insights.
⚡ Vibe coding & AI-Native Development
The new wave of developers who treat AI as a pair programmer, not a toy.
- @steipete — Built Clawdbot, the AI agent framework. Claude Code power user pushing the limits.
- @rileybrown_ai — Vibecode god. Ships entire apps in hours with AI assistance.
- @corbin_braun — Cursor + Ares expert. AI coding workflow optimization.
- @AlexFinn — Claude Code maximalist. Shows what’s possible when you go all-in.
- @KingBootoshi — Vibecoding royalty. Real projects, real revenue.
- @meta_alchemist — Claude experiments and agent architecture explorations.
- @mckaywrigley — Built Chatbot UI. Open source AI dev tools.
- @swyx — AI engineer, Latent Space podcast host. Smol models, big insights.
- @simonw — Datasette creator. LLM CLI tooling pioneer. Makes AI actually useful.
🚀 Indie Hackers & Solo Builders
Proof that one person plus AI can build a business.
- @levelsio — Ships games and apps solo, no VC. $3M+ ARR building in public.
- @jackfriks — Solo apps with real revenue numbers. No vanity metrics.
- @bentossell — Ben’s Bites newsletter. Best AI tools curator in the game.
- @danshipper — Every CEO. AI writing and thinking tools.
- @yaborat — Created BabyAGI. Autonomous agent pioneer.
- @MattShumer_ — HyperWrite founder. Agent architectures that work.
- @dharmesh — HubSpot founder’s AI side projects. Experiments from someone who’s built at scale.
- @LinusEkenstam — AI creative director. Visual workflows that inspire.
🎨 AI Design & Creative
Where AI meets aesthetics.
- @BrettFromDJ — Design + AI intersection. Beautiful and functional.
- @gizakdag — Viral AI art styles. Midjourney mastery.
- @MengTo — Landing pages via AI. Design+Code founder.
- @nickfloats — AI image prompts that actually produce results.
- @minchoi — AI design tools and workflows.
- @AmirMushich — AI ads and video production at scale.
📝 Prompts & Systems Architecture
The craft of talking to machines effectively.
- @godofprompt — Prompt engineering guides that work.
- @eptwts — Prompts + algorithm hacks. Growth meets AI.
- @goodside — Prompt injection pioneer. Creative exploits that reveal how LLMs think.
- @kloss_xyz — Systems architecture for AI applications. Scale without chaos.
- @EXM7777 — AI ops and automation systems that run in production.
💼 AI in Business & Startups
Where AI meets revenue.
- @gregisenberg — Startup ideas daily. AI business angles you haven’t considered.
- @aikiframework — AI implementation frameworks for real companies.
- @rowancheung — AI news aggregator. Trends digest without the noise.
- @therundownai — Daily AI newsletter. Key updates, fast.
- @skirano — AI product design. Shipped apps people use.
- @aidan_gomez — Cohere co-founder. Enterprise LLMs that work.
🤖 Agents & Automation
The frontier: AI that does things for you.
- @AndrewYNg — DeepLearning.AI founder. Practical AI education at scale.
- @JohnNayAI — AI agents in legal and compliance. Vertical AI done right.
- @NickADobos — GPT wrappers that actually solve problems.
- @hwchase17 — LangChain creator. Agent frameworks used in production.
- @jxnlco — Instructor library. Structured outputs that don’t break.
📹 AI Content & Education
Learning by watching builders build.
- @SabooShubham — AI tutorials with implementation details.
- @elvis_sars — AI coding tutorials. Real projects, not toy examples.
- @itsPaulAi — AI productivity workflows that save hours.
- @mattvidpro — AI video tools and tutorials.
- @aisolopreneur — Building solo businesses with AI. Revenue-focused.
Last updated: January 2026
