Nikolai Golos × Higgsfield:
April Results
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© 2026 Nikolai Golos. Report prepared exclusively for Higgsfield AI. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
Page 01
1 April – 1 May 2026
April — Total Numbers
Total views (April)
2,097,000
Total views (March): 205,500
→
▲ +920% (×10.2)
Engagements
38,341
Reactions, comments & reposts
New followers
+14,989
Net new audience added in the period
Posts published
52
Original posts (reposts excluded)
Page 02
1 April – 1 May 2026
Per-Profile Breakdown
Views
1,094,000
Engagements
19,283
New followers
+7,769
Posts
21
Followers grown
30,511 → 38,280
×1.25
Views · prior 367 days vs April
Prior 367 days
951,000
April ×1.15
1,094,000
Views
560,000
Engmt.
9,242
+Foll.
+3,449
Posts
18
Followers · 33-day growth
Before
1,871
After ×2.87
5,380
Views
443,000
Engmt.
9,816
+Foll.
+3,771
Posts
13
Followers · 33-day growth
Before
193
After ×20.5
3,964
Page 03
March vs April 2026
Alex Mashrabov vs Top AI Founders
Alex vs 27 founders of top AI startups. Sorted by April engagements (reactions + comments + reposts, no reposted posts).
Alex Mashrabov · April vs March
From #9 to #3 in one month
Total engagements
3,392
→
15,938
▲ +370%
Total posts
9
→
21
▲ +133%
Rank vs 27 founders
#9
→
#3
↑ 6 places
#
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
1↑1
Anton Osika
Co-Founder · Lovable
26,772→45,930
+72%
12 → 22
176,303
2↓1
AS
Aravind Srinivas
Cofounder, President, CEO · Perplexity
28,188→18,488
-34%
22 → 7
841,603
3↑6
Alex Mashrabov
CEO & Co-Founder · Higgsfield
3,392→15,938
+370%
9 → 21
38,298
4=
Mati Staniszewski
Co-Founder · ElevenLabs
10,779→13,787
+28%
8 → 9
140,167
5↓2
Rahul Patil
CTO · Anthropic
15,272→10,791
-29%
3 → 1
62,994
6=
CR
Carles Reina
GTM · ElevenLabs
7,191→8,067
+12%
21 → 20
42,948
7↓2
Grant Lee
Co-founder/CEO · Gamma
7,915→5,305
-33%
17 → 18
105,426
8↑4
Cliff Obrecht
Founder & COO · Canva
1,138→4,616
+306%
2 → 3
47,848
9↑12
Melanie Perkins
CEO & Co-founder · Canva
0→4,465
NEW
0 → 2
355,294
10=
Henry Ward
CEO · Carta
2,608→4,370
+68%
6 → 11
27,657
11=
Kashish Gupta
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Hightouch
1,486→4,015
+170%
3 → 5
27,219
12↓4
Alex Bouaziz
Co-founder & CEO · Deel
6,105→3,439
-44%
6 → 5
55,685
13↑9
Tejas Manohar
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Hightouch
0→2,952
NEW
0 → 3
28,412
14=
Victor Riparbelli
CEO & Co-Founder · Synthesia
850→2,301
+171%
4 → 5
67,648
15↑1
Shuo Wang
Co-Founder & CRO · Deel
642→2,291
+257%
1 → 1
16,984
16↓3
Luis von Ahn
CEO and co-Founder · Duolingo
897→1,765
+97%
1 → 1
202,193
17=
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-founder & CEO · Runway
480→1,035
+116%
3 → 9
13,407
18↑1
JU
Jamie Umpherson
Chief Creative Officer · Runway
175→983
+462%
2 → 4
1,849
19↓1
Joshua X.
Co-Founder & CEO · HeyGen
373→670
+80%
2 → 3
35,382
20↑3
Joaquin Cuenca Abela
CEO / Cofounder · Magnific
0→447
NEW
0 → 1
4,246
21↓14
Dylan Field
CEO & Co-founder · Figma
6,561→0
−100%
1 → 0
111,245
22↓7
Amit Jain
CEO · Luma AI
784→0
−100%
3 → 0
25,934
23↓3
Wayne L.
Co-founder · HeyGen
70→0
−100%
2 → 0
6,902
24=
Diego Rodriguez Prado
Co-founder & CTO · Krea
0→0
0 → 0
0 → 0
5,863
25=
Michael T.
Co-founder · Cursor
0→0
0 → 0
0 → 0
20,316
26=
Steffen Tjerrild
Co-founder & COO · Synthesia
0→0
0 → 0
0 → 0
23,698
27=
Víctor Perez
Co-founder & CEO · Krea
0→0
0 → 0
0 → 0
6,151
Page 04
March vs April 2026
Higgsfield vs Top AI Startups
Higgsfield vs 17 AI startups, ranked by total April engagements across every employee we track. Click a row to expand the contributing employees and their individual numbers.
Higgsfield team · April vs March
From #12 to #3 among 17 AI startups
Total engagements
3,609
→
29,449
▲ +716%
Total posts
10
→
54
▲ +440%
Rank vs 17 startups
#12
→
#3
↑ 9 places
#
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Team followers
1=
Lovable
73,831→73,348
-1%
93 → 68
637,118
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Anton Osika
Co-Founder
26,772 → 45,930+72%
12 → 22
176,303
Elena Verna
Growth
17,546 → 18,591+6%
14 → 9
208,376
Felix Haas
Design
17,255 → 4,648-73%
15 → 5
97,904
Olivia Mae Hanlon
Creator Partner
7,204 → 2,295-68%
17 → 13
99,568
Lazar Jovanovic
Professional Vibe Coder at Lovable | L5: Diamond Certified
2,353 → 1,321-44%
16 → 10
0
Nad Chishtie
Founding Designer, Head of Design
1,018 → 378-63%
3 → 2
11,924
Senka Hadzimuratovic
Head of Communications
371 → 180-51%
4 → 2
3,399
Denis Chetverikov
L5 Diamond Vibe coder
19 → 5-74%
9 → 5
14,983
Maryanne Caughey
People Team
1,160 → 0−100%
2 → 0
20,514
Matias Salonen
Strategic Finance & BizOps
133 → 0−100%
1 → 0
4,147
2=
Anthropic
35,618→31,273
-12%
54 → 53
582,498
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Rahul Patil
CTO
15,272 → 10,791-29%
3 → 1
62,994
Pip White
Head of UK&I, Northern Europe & Israel
1,661 → 4,924+196%
2 → 1
28,552
AJ Green
Community Ambassador
6,213 → 3,172-49%
30 → 21
20,081
Austin Lau
Growth Marketing
0 → 2,628NEW
0 → 1
10,689
Henry Shi
Member of Technical Staff
2,086 → 2,268+9%
3 → 6
78,719
Irina Ghose
Managing Director, India
2,196 → 1,918-13%
2 → 3
78,848
Mike Krieger
Member of Technical Staff
0 → 1,689NEW
0 → 1
94,565
Stephan von Perger
Head of EMEA Startup Partnerships
883 → 1,351+53%
1 → 13
22,496
Lexie Barnhorn
Creator & Talent Partnerships
0 → 1,173NEW
0 → 1
16,780
Drew Bent
Education Lead
1,034 → 602-42%
2 → 2
31,328
Paul Smith
Chief Commercial Officer
0 → 541NEW
0 → 1
40,863
Conor Kelly
Product Marketing
0 → 182NEW
0 → 1
10,189
Sid Khare
Strategic Partnerships
1,373 → 34-98%
2 → 1
13,615
Natasha Darcy Souza
Head of International GTM Enablement
274 → 0−100%
1 → 0
21,515
Kacie Jenkins
Head of Marketing, Claude Code
1,177 → 0−100%
4 → 0
17,796
Chris Ciauri
Managing Director of International
690 → 0−100%
1 → 0
13,408
John Egan
Growth Engineering
2,538 → 0−100%
1 → 0
9,977
Yeop Lee
Head of APAC Startup Partnerships
70 → 0−100%
1 → 0
6,902
Brendan Slattery
GTM
151 → 0−100%
1 → 0
3,181
3↑9
Higgsfield
3,609→29,449
+716%
10 → 54
53,345
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Alex Mashrabov
CEO & Co-Founder
3,392 → 15,938+370%
9 → 21
38,298
Deykhan Ten
VP, Strategic Partnerships
0 → 7,109NEW
0 → 18
5,327
Ziya Rupatov
Product Marketing Creative Director
0 → 5,578NEW
0 → 13
3,965
Alina Kan
Head of Customer Experience
217 → 824+280%
1 → 2
5,755
4↓1
Perplexity
34,840→23,238
-33%
54 → 29
871,259
5↑5
Canva
6,823→23,163
+239%
32 → 38
593,319
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Cliff Obrecht
Co - Founder & COO
1,138 → 4,616+306%
2 → 3
47,848
Melanie Perkins
CEO & Co-founder
0 → 4,465NEW
0 → 2
355,294
Zach Kitschke
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
1,117 → 2,541+127%
2 → 5
46,048
Brendan Humphreys
Chief Technology Officer
0 → 2,490NEW
0 → 1
4,239
Cameron Adams
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
1,876 → 2,441+30%
10 → 7
36,456
Emma Robinson
B2B Marketing @Canva
257 → 1,573+512%
2 → 5
7,225
Cat van der Werff
Executive Creative Director
598 → 1,428+139%
5 → 3
3,693
Lachlan Andrews
Global Head of Corporate and Internal Communications
0 → 1,340NEW
0 → 5
15,781
Kristine Segrist
Global Head of Consumer Marketing
87 → 994+1043%
1 → 2
2,616
Rob Giglio
Chief Customer Officer - Sales / Success / Operations
355 → 598+68%
5 → 3
14,755
Kelly Steckelberg
CFO
386 → 498+29%
2 → 1
8,660
Jennie Rogerson
Chief People Officer
0 → 179NEW
0 → 1
23,039
Lily Wu
Strategic GTM Lead, SEA
1,009 → 0−100%
3 → 0
27,665
6↓2
ElevenLabs
18,277→22,768
+25%
33 → 41
213,628
7↓1
Carta
15,655→13,646
-13%
32 → 33
196,190
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Peter Walker
Senior Director, Insights
13,047 → 9,276-29%
26 → 22
168,533
Henry Ward
CEO
2,608 → 4,370+68%
6 → 11
27,657
8↓3
Gamma
17,529→11,141
-36%
72 → 44
176,384
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Madhav Mistry
Content Ambassador
8,610 → 5,618-35%
31 → 24
53,109
Grant Lee
Co-Founder/CEO
7,915 → 5,305-33%
17 → 18
105,426
Ravish Agrawal
Head of Growth Marketing
806 → 218-73%
9 → 2
15,837
Bevan Broadbent
Head of UX - Maternity cover
198 → 0−100%
15 → 0
2,012
9↑4
Hightouch
1,902→9,646
+407%
8 → 28
139,100
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Kashish Gupta
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
1,486 → 4,015+170%
3 → 5
27,219
Tejas Manohar
Cofounder and Co-CEO
0 → 2,952NEW
0 → 3
28,412
Adam Greco
Product Evangelist
190 → 1,070+463%
4 → 10
32,806
Alec Haase
General Manager, AI Products
226 → 996+341%
1 → 5
11,068
Lee Pennebaker
Head of Partnerships
0 → 446NEW
0 → 4
30,574
Josh Curl
Co-Founder & CTO
0 → 167NEW
0 → 1
9,021
10↓1
Cursor
7,945→8,549
+8%
23 → 19
256,823
11↓3
Deel
10,167→8,349
-18%
30 → 32
91,205
12↓1
Duolingo
4,294→6,205
+45%
13 → 10
423,748
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Cem Kansu
Chief Product Officer
1,795 → 2,652+48%
2 → 2
31,699
Luis von Ahn
CEO, co-Founder & Board Member
897 → 1,765+97%
1 → 1
202,193
Natalie Glance
Chief Engineering Officer
0 → 688NEW
0 → 2
26,506
James Kuczynski
Sr Creative Director | Global Brand Studio
487 → 612+26%
1 → 2
15,616
Analigia R. Martins
Country Marketing Director
504 → 452-10%
3 → 2
22,474
Simon Hade
New Subjects
237 → 36-85%
3 → 1
31,467
Severin Hacker
CTO & Cofounder
66 → 0−100%
1 → 0
45,786
Emmanuel Orssaud
Chief Marketing Officer
184 → 0−100%
1 → 0
28,288
Mig Reyes
VP of Product Experience
124 → 0−100%
1 → 0
19,719
13↑1
Runway
1,562→3,422
+119%
22 → 30
67,137
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-founder & CEO
480 → 1,035+116%
3 → 9
13,407
Jamie Umpherson
Chief Creative Officer
175 → 983+462%
2 → 4
1,849
Siqi Chen
Chief Financial Officer
580 → 609+5%
11 → 11
27,518
Cole Garry
Communications
31 → 458+1377%
2 → 5
2,608
Emily Golden
Head of Growth Marketing
0 → 337NEW
0 → 1
2,230
Nicolas Neubert
Manager of Technical Artists
114 → 0−100%
1 → 0
15,283
Liza Katz
Head of Sales
172 → 0−100%
2 → 0
4,242
Lauren Hagen
Enterprise Growth at Runway
10 → 0−100%
1 → 0
0
14↑2
Synthesia
850→2,301
+171%
4 → 5
67,648
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Victor Riparbelli
CEO & Co-founder
850 → 2,301+171%
4 → 5
67,648
15=
HeyGen
1,358→2,038
+50%
29 → 28
68,272
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Joshua X.
Co-Founder and CEO
373 → 670+80%
2 → 3
35,382
Kevin Raheja
Head of AI Ecosystem / Partnerships
632 → 505-20%
19 → 13
16,498
Ken Chung
Head of Growth Engineering
116 → 478+312%
1 → 5
2,197
Holly Xiao
Head of Content and Product Marketing
0 → 239NEW
0 → 2
4,449
Will Ji
Head of Customer Success
167 → 146-13%
5 → 5
2,844
Wayne L.
Co-founder, Chief Innovation Officer
70 → 0−100%
2 → 0
6,902
16↓9
Figma
11,389→1,799
-84%
19 → 16
241,072
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Miggi from Figgi
Designer Advocate, Education / Community + Brand Marketing
1,272 → 1,151-10%
6 → 10
63,703
Débora Mioranzza
Head of Latin America
1,301 → 261-80%
9 → 3
20,132
Amy Lima
Designer Advocate
2,006 → 252-87%
1 → 1
17,408
Luis Ouriach
Designer Advocate
200 → 135-32%
1 → 2
25,205
Dylan Field
CEO & Co-founder
6,561 → 0−100%
1 → 0
111,245
Thomas Lowry
Director, Advocacy
49 → 0−100%
1 → 0
3,379
17=
Luma AI
784→0
−100%
3 → 0
25,934
Person
Eng. Mar → Apr
Posts
Followers
Amit Jain
Co-Founder
784 → 0−100%
3 → 0
25,934
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1 April – 1 May 2026
Leads
Decision-makers who engaged with our April content, scored against two ICPs and grouped by fit. Lead = anyone with ICP score ≥ 3.
Investors & Tech
0
VC partners, GPs and tech CEOs/CTOs · 0 high-fit (score ≥ 7)
Creative & Marketing
0
CCOs, creative & marketing leaders · 0 high-fit (score ≥ 7)