PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, United States

Dropbox

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
8
Full moves in and out
1 in, 4 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 8 people shaping AI have worked at Dropbox, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, Dropbox is tied for 76th among 3,344 companies (tied for 656th of 8,827 organizations overall). “Computer vision”, “Reinforcement learning, agents and planning” and “Business, products and public voice” lead 5 areas of expertise (2 each of 8 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 5 people in 2014, with the last dated stint ending in 2019. Across dated career transitions, we record 1 full move in and 4 out.

Active work stints peaked at 5 people in 2014, with the last dated stint ending in 2019.Annual estimates from 2013 through 2025. Each person counts once per year with a dated work stint; degrees and undated roles are excluded.

A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Dropbox from 2013 to 2019. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.

Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearOtherPeople
201333
201455
201544
201644
201733
201811
201911
Among 8 people formerly at Dropbox with a known current role, OpenAI employs the most, with 2.Current employers of people who formerly worked at Dropbox (8 of 8 former people have a recorded current role). universitiescompaniesinstitutes and labs

A ranked bar chart of the 6 organizations that currently employ the most people formerly at Dropbox, led by OpenAI (2).

Source: People of Superintelligence current and former career records, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
Current organizationFormer people here nowShare of former people with a current role
OpenAI225.0%
Basis Set Ventures112.5%
Cognition112.5%
Columbia University112.5%
Imbue112.5%
Outset Capital112.5%

Across work histories (excluding degrees), 8 of the 8 people who have worked at Dropbox (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Dropbox to 29 peer institutions.

OpenAI shares the largest career overlap with Dropbox (3 people), ahead of Yale University (2).Organizations where people with work records at Dropbox also worked at any time in their careers (8 people across 29 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Dropbox. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
OpenAI3
Yale University2
Anchovi Labs1
Anthropic1
Basis Set Ventures1

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2014. All 8 people associated with Dropbox appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 8 people who formerly worked at Dropbox. 8 of the 8 have a recorded current role at another organization, led by OpenAI (2).