“Even companies like Baidu and Google, which have amazing AI teams, cannot do all the work needed to get us to an AI-powered society. I thought the best way to get us there would be creating courses to welcome more people to deep learning.”

British-American computer scientist and technology entrepreneur

Andrew Ng is a British-American computer scientist and technology entrepreneur known for his work in machine learning and artificial intelligence. He is associated with some of the field’s most visible industry efforts and has become a prominent public voice on how these technologies are built and used. Ng co-founded and led Google Brain, and later served as chief scientist at Baidu. His work sits at the intersection of research and industry, with a focus on advancing machine learning systems and AI applications.