David (@DavidSHolz) — Twitter Score 319 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 319 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #951 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 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 119,299 followers as of August 2026 and has published 9,030 posts on the platform. David has been mentioned by 120 accounts, with 351 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow David include 1,386 founders, 344 angel investors, 311 influencers and 6 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Toly, Balaji, Nikita Bier, Elon Musk and Erik Voorhees.