In 2025, artificial intelligence became a billionaire-making machine with over $200 billion invested in AI startups, creating over 50 new AI billionaires globally. Edwin Chen, CEO of Surge AI, leads with a $18 billion net worth, followed by Sierra founders Taylor and Bavor at $2.5 billion each and Mercor founders Foody, Hiremath, and Midha at $2.2 billion each.

Swedish startup Lovable’s cofounders Osika and Hedin are worth $1.6 billion each, while Scale AI’s cofounder Lucy Guo became the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire at 31. The top 10 U.S. tech founders saw a combined net worth increase of $550 billion in 2025, with Elon Musk remaining the world’s richest person with a net worth of $645 billion.

Read more at Yahoo Finance: Meet the newly minted AI billionaires of 2025