David (@DavidSHolz) — Twitter Score 297 out of 1000

David Holz is a technology entrepreneur who founded Midjourney, an independent, community-backed AI research lab known for its image and video models. David's Twitter Score is 297 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,206 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.

David founded Midjourney, which describes itself as a lean, self-funded, distributed team with no outside investors, a structure The Verge reported on in 2025 citing Holz directly. He also co-founded Leap Motion, the hand-tracking hardware company that was acquired by Ultrahaptics for around $30 million, according to Wired citing The Wall Street Journal, after reaching a peak valuation of $306 million in 2013. Before founding those companies, David previously worked at NASA and at Max Planck.

David and Midjourney have drawn significant industry attention in recent years. Meta announced a 2025 partnership with Midjourney to license its aesthetic technology for Meta models and products, including technical collaboration between research teams. In June 2025, Disney and Universal filed a civil lawsuit against Midjourney in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging copyright infringement tied to the training and outputs of its AI image service; the case remains at the allegations stage with no finding of liability.

David has accumulated 118,728 followers as of July 2026 and has published 8,935 posts on the platform. David has been mentioned by 43 accounts, with 267 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow David include 1,102 founders, 226 angel investors, 440 influencers and 12 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Toly, Balaji, Elon Musk, Erik Voorhees and Chris Dixon.