Profiles the investors whose early bets on AI, defense, space and frontier tech are reshaping the 2026 Midas List.

Profiles the investors whose early bets on AI, defense, space and frontier tech are reshaping the 2026 Midas List.

The 2026 Forbes Midas Brink List spotlights rising venture capitalists whose early bets on AI and frontier tech could land them on the Midas List in years ahead.

OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic and other private companies are concentrating venture returns and reshaping the Midas List as trillion-dollar IPOs loom.

From Alibaba and Meta to OpenAI and SpaceX, these are the startups that generated the greatest venture returns and defined 25 years of the Forbes Midas List.

Meet the seed investors who backed AI, cybersecurity and frontier tech before the market caught on—and whose early conviction earned spots on the Midas Seed List.