Black in AI (@black_in_ai) — Twitter Score 17 out of 1000

Black In AI is a nonprofit membership organization, co-founded by Timnit Gebru and Rediet Abebe, that works to broaden Black representation and equity across the artificial intelligence ecosystem. Black In AI's Twitter Score is 17 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #58,265 among 485,188 tracked accounts.

Black In AI was co-founded as a membership organization and later secured 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Its core mission is to shift power across the AI ecosystem by expanding the range of voices involved in the development, deployment, and regulation of AI technology. The organization operates the Black in AI Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network, a dedicated initiative designed to close funding gaps and accelerate AI startups led by people of African descent. Black In AI states that it has granted more than $2 million to support more than 400 AI practitioners in attending major conferences.

Black In AI has taken public stances on equity within the broader AI industry. In 2021, alongside Queer in AI and Widening NLP, Black In AI announced it would refuse funding from Google in protest over the company's treatment of former workers Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, and April Christina Curley. Black In AI is backed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and was formerly backed by The Rockefeller Foundation. Black In AI has published 7,639 posts and has been mentioned by 25 accounts, with 197 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Black In AI include 72 founders, 18 angel investors, 11 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Nikita Bier, Cuy Sheffield, Roon, Ethan Buchman, Michael Dempsey and Jeff Dean.