David Holz

David Holz is the Founder & CEO of Midjourney, a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that allows users to generate unique artwork such as characters, images and depictions through short text prompts. Midjourney was founded in 2021. Holz was formerly CTO & Co-Founder of Leap Motion, now Ultraleap, the world鈥檚 most advanced hand-tracking technology. Prior to founding the company, Holz contracted for NASA鈥檚 Langley Research Center and conducted neuroscience research while at The Max Planck Institute. He studied applied math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ultimately leaving his Ph.D. program to co-found Leap Motion.

Holz is an alumnus of the 2006 International Science and Engineering Fair.

He joined the Society鈥檚 Board of Trustees in 2026.