The artificial intelligence boom has created new billionaires, including founders of AI startups like Scale AI, Cursor, and Perplexity. These individuals join established figures such as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose wealth has also increased. The surge in AI company valuations has turned private stock into significant wealth, drawing parallels to past tech booms like the dot-com era. While some see these new billionaires as future power brokers, there are also cautions about the sustainability of this wealth.