Erik Brynjolfsson is a Stanford economist and one of the world's leading experts on the economics of technology and artificial intelligence. Erik Brynjolfsson's Twitter Score is 125 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #5,105 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Erik Brynjolfsson holds the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor chair at Stanford University and serves as Associate Director and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and directs the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Previously, he was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is additionally a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Erik Brynjolfsson is among the most-cited authors on the economics of information, with research spanning digital commerce, pricing models, intangible assets, IT strategy, productivity, and performance. He co-founded Workhelix, a firm that helps companies assess opportunities for using generative AI and other technologies, and also co-founded Foundation Technologies, Inc. and Flexplay Technologies, Inc. Erik Brynjolfsson's account has 232,437 followers as of September 2026 and 28,850 posts. He has been mentioned by 246 accounts a total of 1,230 times.
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