Andrew Ng has started a new AI company: DeepLearning.ai
Andrew Ng is one of the world's leading Deep Learning experts and now he's resurfaced it's likely that the boundaries of AI are going to get pushed faster and harder than ever before.
Key takeaways
- Former Baidu chief scientist Andrew Ng, who used to head up Baidu's Artificial Intelligence (AI) division but left a couple of months ago in March, today announced that he's launching a new business called Deeplearning.ai.
- Given Ng's world class status as one of the world's foremost deep learning experts it's likely that the company will quickly establish itself as a world leader in AI.
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Griffin, M. (2017) 'Andrew Ng has started a new AI company: DeepLearning.ai', 311 Institute, 26 June. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/andrew-ng-has-started-a-new-ai-company-deeplearning-ai/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Former Baidu chief scientist Andrew Ng, who used to head up Baidu's Artificial Intelligence (AI) division but left a couple of months ago in March, today announced that he's launching a new business called Deeplearning.ai.
While the company launched with little information about what to expect beyond an exploration of the “frontiers of AI” Ng says that he'll share more details on the new company's plans in August. Given Ng's world class status as one of the world's foremost deep learning experts it's likely that the company will quickly establish itself as a world leader in AI.
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Launching my new project! Hope will help many of you: deeplearning.ai More announcements soon. #deeplearniNgAI pic.twitter.com/EsZecJfbrf
Andrew Ng (@AndrewYNg) June 23, 2017
Considered one of the top minds in deep learning today he has an enviable career, he started at Baidu in 2014 after helping to co-create Google's "Google Brain" AI lab, and also worked as director of Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) while at the same time co-founding Coursera where his machine learning course remains on of the most popular courses on the platforms to this day.
With a staff of more than 1,000, Baidu's AI research group works in areas that range from knowledge graphs to computer vision to deep learning and autonomous cars, and in some ways, under Ng's stewardship they could be considered ahead of the game, albeit 'parts of' the game, of their silicon valley counterparts, something that wasn't lost on the world when they announced that they were the first company to achieve zero shot learning where AI's are able to learn by themselves without human help or assistance.
I'll be watching this company with interest...
What this means for your organisation
Talent drives AI leadership.
A single expert can build labs, courses and companies that shape the field. Where such people go, capability follows. Firms should track talent moves as closely as product launches.
Start ups can rival giants.
Experts who leave large firms often start companies that move faster. New ventures led by proven leaders attract funding and staff quickly. Incumbents should expect strong new rivals.
Education spreads capability.
Online courses have taught machine learning to huge numbers of people. That widens the pool of people who can build AI. Leaders should invest in training their own staff.
Three questions for your next leadership meeting
- Which AI experts could we attract or partner with?
- How would a new expert led start up change our competitive position?
- Are we training enough of our staff in AI skills?
The trends and technologies behind this story
From the 311 Starburst, the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit’s map of the technologies and trends shaping the next 50 years.
Analysis by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit, from Matthew Griffin’s article and 311 data. First published on Fanatical Futurist.
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Andrew Ng is one of the world's leading Deep Learning experts and now he's resurfaced it's likely that the boundaries of AI are going to get pushed faster and harder than ever before.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 17-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
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Sources and further reading
- Deeplearning.ai deeplearning.ai
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- Coursera coursera.org
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 26 June 2017. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2017). Andrew Ng has started a new AI company: DeepLearning.ai. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/andrew-ng-has-started-a-new-ai-company-deeplearning-ai/
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