Andrew Ng — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recognized in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2012 and Time100 AI Most Influential People in 2023.
Founder of DeepLearning.AI (since 2017), Managing General Partner of AI Fund (since 2018), and Executive Chairman of LandingAI (since 2017).
Co-founder and Chairman of Coursera (since 2012), an online education platform.
Launched and heads AI Fund, a $175-million investment fund for backing artificial intelligence startups.
Co-founded and headed Google Brain; served as former Chief Scientist at Baidu, building its Artificial Intelligence Group.
Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University since 2002.
Appointed to Amazon's board of directors on April 11, 2024.
Holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

Andrew Ng is a British-American computer scientist and technology entrepreneur renowned for his work in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). He is the founder of DeepLearning.AI, Managing General Partner of AI Fund, and Executive Chairman of LandingAI. Ng also co-founded Coursera, an online education platform, and has spearheaded efforts to democratize deep learning, teaching over 8 million students through his online courses.