Draft:David Holz

David Holz is the founder of Leap Motion, an executive at Midjourney, and a former NASA researcher. .

Initially, Holz pursued his academic interests as a student researcher at the Max Planck Institute from 2009 to 2010. He then enrolled as a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a Research Assistant Scholarship. However, David took a leave of absence to co-found Leap Motion.

At Leap Motion, Holz raised over $94M in venture capital from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, and JP Morgan.

Holz was honored as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology and recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Creative People