AI Utah Announces Inaugural AI Utah 100 List
Today, AI Utah, in collaboration with the Codebase, Maschoff Brennan, Domo, Weave, Phi, Women Tech Council, Utah Business, Forge Utah Foundation, Techbuzz, Method, Goal, Mercato, and Silicon Slopes, announced its inaugural AI Utah 100 list, recognizing the top 100 individuals that are leading the field of artificial intelligence in Utah.
AI 100 honorees were honored at an exclusive reception at Weave’s headquarters in Lehi, Utah. Entertainment was provided by a convincing Star Wars Cantina Bar quartet.
“Over the past year we’ve really seen AI take a stronghold in the technology industry as well as its impact in businesses globally,” said Jon Bradshaw and Gunjan Saini Bradshaw, the couple who co-founded both AI Utah and Codebase. 
“Utah is one of the driving forces of adoption of AI with companies developing and implementing the technology to groundbreaking research to industry-transforming applications. This list makes up those at the forefront of this digital transformation who are advancing AI’s impact here in Utah.”
The list of honorees were nominated by their peers and evaluated by a panel of notable industry experts whose collective expertise provided a comprehensive and fair evaluation of the candidates focusing on research excellence, technological innovation, real-world impact, and community engagement.
Honorees were placed in one of three categories—Futurist, Builder, and Integrator—that highlight their role in building Utah’s AI ecosystem.
The 2024 AI Utah 100:
Builder
Amirali Abdullah—Cynch.ai
Andrew Blevins—Leash Biosciences
Andrew Carr—Cartwheel
Aparna Chakkalakkal Sankarankutty—Allurion Technologies
Cahlan Sharp—SchoolAI
Cameron Bell—Bunked
Carter Rees, PhD—Entrata
Chris Brousseau—JPMorganChase
Chris Sypherd—Qualiti
Cody Maughan—Bunked
Dallin Bentley—Buster
David “Gonzo” Gonzalez—energy.work
David Wright—Pattern
Dennis Wilkins—Airbnb
Dusty Chadwick—Voze
Earl J Cahill—Whistic
Eric Riddoch—BENlabs
Ilya B. Reznik—Jaunt
Ivan Hladush—Snap.com
James Jensen—Recursion
Jared Moore—Weave
Jepson Taylor—Entrepreneur
Joseph Davison—Neural Assembly
Julia Silge—Posit PBC
Kristie J. Rowley, PhD—Domo
Matt Sharp—LTK
Murium Iqbal—Etsy
Nathaniel Neubert—Deep Health
Nelson Griffiths—Double River Investments
Nick Walton—Latitude
Parker Holzer—Spiff
Peter McLean—Recursion
Philip Huebner—Pattern
Rose Lightheart—Enveda Biosciences
Ryan Johnson—Grain
Spencer Peterson—Halda
Zach Holmquist—Seer
Olivia Gonda—Biolexis Therapeutics,
Futurist
Cydni Tetro—Women Tech Council 
Dr. Cain Elliott—Filevine
Dr. Carlos Kemeny—Drumdata.ai
Dr. David Wingate—Brigham Young University
Gaurav Patel—Adobe
Joe Reis—Author
Kevin Moon—Utah State University
Matt Harrison—MetaSnake
Matt Housley, PhD—Ternary Data
Nancy Fulda—Brigham Young University
Robert Thomas Pottorff—NVIDIA
Sean C. Warnick—Brigham Young University
Tim J. Kapp—Cinco.AI
Tori Hooper—Utah System of Higher Education
Tyler J Jarvis—Brigham Young University
Integrator
Aaron Davis—Google Cloud
Adam Sidwell—Future House Studios
Alan Whitaker—BambooHR
Allan Carroll—LoanSnap
Barclay Lincoln Burns, PhD—Utah Innovation Fund
Bassam T. Salem—AtlasRTX, a NICE Systems Company
Ben Ainscough Ph.D.
Berton Earnshaw—Recursion
Blake Rouse—Buster
Brad Ferguson—BENlabs
Catherine Wong—Entrata
Chet D. Linton—AEGIX
Coco Zuloaga—Tuva Health
Dan Caffee—VOZE
Dan Lambert—Pathology Watch
Daren Thayne—Domo
David Healey—Enveda Biosciences
David Hedengren—Microsoft
Eddy Ekstrom—Limble CMMS
Gregory Larson—Jasper
Imran S. Haque—Recursion
Jacob Miller—Pattern
Jamie E. Morningstar—Qualtrics 
Jason Thelin—Kahoa.ai
Jeff Lewis—Verisk
Jeffrey Humpherys—Harbor Health
Joon Beh—Hallo
Jordan Morrow—Bodhi Data
Justin Lindsey—mi|im.ai
Kirk Ouimet—Phi, Inc.
Levi Thatcher—Pluralsight
Linda Klug -- Airin
Lindsey Zuloaga -- HireVue
Loren Larsen -- Videra Health
Manu Sood -- AvidXchange
Marissa Saunders -- Recursion
Mason Victors -- Idealist Warrior Labs
Meg DeWolf—Pattern
Melissa Loble—Instructure
Miriah Peterson—SoyPete Tech
Nate Sanders—Artifact
Newel Cobb—Pattern
Nick Baguley—Mastercard
Niel Nickolaisen—Utah State University
Paul B. Allen—Soar.com
Peter West—Qualiti
Saúl Leal—OneMeta
Sean Kirkby—NICE
Shane Swenson—Techcyte
Sunny Washington—Seer
Tyler Folkman—BENlabs
Chris Knoch—AWS
Lina Nilsson, PhD—Recursion
For more information, visit www.aiutah.org.
AI Utah a non-profit organization nestled within the stunning landscapes of Utah. The organization thrives on exploring the untapped potentials of AI, tailoring solutions that address unique business challenges across multiple sectors, and building a community for knowledge sharing. Learn more at www.aiutah.org.
