David Holz is renowned as the founder and CEO of Midjourney, the image generator that was at the receiving end of a lot of criticism pertaining to copyright infringement. But Holz sailed through, and Midjourney is now the first thing that any AI image creator talks about because of its unique outputs. The best part is that the company is completely self-funded.
Now, Midjourney is venturing into hardware business and also launched the web version for its image generator, slowly shifting away from Discord.
Holz grew up in a family of engineers and developers, which sparked his early interest in technology. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a dual degree in mathematics and physics. His entrepreneurial journey began with the co-founding of Leap Motion in 2010, a company that developed motion-control hardware and software.
After selling Leap Motion to Ultrahaptics in 2019, he turned his attention to AI and founded Midjourney in early 2022. Holz has been recognised for his innovative work, featured in Forbes' ‘30 under 30’ list in 2014 and named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People. His vision for Midjourney focuses on empowering imagination and creativity through AI, rather than replacing human artists.