David Holz

Founder & CEO, Midjourney

David Holz is the founder and chief executive of Midjourney, which in 2026 has pushed into body scanning and an astrology acquisition.

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Turning Midjourney's image business into a war chest — now buying Co-Star and building a body-scanning spa.

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Before Midjourney, Holz co-founded Leap Motion, a maker of 3-D motion controllers, with childhood friend Michael Buckwald.
He worked as a NASA consultant earlier in his career and was named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
Holz has said Midjourney's body-scanner prototype has no AI in its imaging pipeline yet, despite a $74 million license deal built on it.

Based: San Francisco, CA
Primary role: Founder & CEO, Midjourney

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