Andrew Ng is a computer scientist who his official site describes as “a pioneer in machine learning and online education.” It lists his current roles as Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, Chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera, and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.
Earlier in his career, according to the same site, Ng was the founding lead of the Google Brain team and served as VP and Chief Scientist at Baidu, “where he led a 1,300-person AI team responsible for the company’s AI technology and strategy.” He was also Director of the Stanford AI Lab. The site notes that over 8 million people have taken his AI classes and that he was named to the Time100 AI list in 2023.
For business readers, Ng is one of the most influential teachers in the field. His courses introduced a generation of practitioners to machine learning, and his talks regularly translate frontier research into concrete guidance for builders and decision-makers.