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David Holz

Founder and CEO, Midjourney

Background

David Holz is the founder and CEO of Midjourney, a generative AI platform that creates images from short text prompts.

Holz was formerly chief technology officer and co-founder of Leap Motion, now Ultraleap.

About Midjourney

Midjourney: Midjourney is an AI image generator founded in San Francisco by David Holz. In June 2026 it unveiled Midjourney Medical and a full-body ultrasound scanner that it says can scan a body in about 60 seconds.

Key facts

Title: Founder and CEO of Midjourneysource
Former role: CTO and co-founder of Leap Motion, now Ultraleapsource
Education: Studied applied math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; left a Ph.D. program to co-found Leap Motionsource
Founded Midjourney: Midjourney, Inc. was founded in San Francisco, California, by David Holzsource
Board service: Joined the Society for Science's Board of Trustees in 2026source

WYDE coverage of David Holz

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about David Holz, on Jun 20, 2026. David Holz is a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Midjourney Builds a Body Scanner It Says Beats the MRI on Cost and Speed.

Midjourney Builds a Body Scanner It Says Beats the MRI on Cost and Speed

The AI image company launched Midjourney Medical and a full-body ultrasonic scanner promising a 60-second scan, though the prototype still takes 20 minutes and has no FDA clearance.

Jun 20, 2026 · 2 min read · Quoted or named as leader

Reported alongside David Holz

Midjourney · in 1 story with David Holz

Sources

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