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Andrew Ng

Andrew Ng is a researcher, educator, and company builder whose work connects machine learning with practical applications. His education at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Berkeley led to Stanford research, including autonomous helicopter work with Pieter Abbeel, Adam Coates, and colleagues. He was the founding lead of Google Brain, with Quoc Le leading its reported 2012 experiments on unlabeled video images. Ng taught an online machine-learning class in 2011 and co-founded Coursera with Daphne Koller in 2012. After serving as Baidu’s chief scientist, he launched DeepLearning.AI courses and founded LandingAI. He also leads AI Fund’s venture-studio work. Ng is LandingAI’s executive chairman and founder; his CEO period ended in August 2024. His teaching continues through updated courses and practical exercises.

Now at
LandingAI and AI Fund
Works
358
Citations
142,080
h-index
122

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. Education and Stanford

    Research foundations

    Ng studies at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Berkeley, then works on learned helicopter control with colleagues.

  2. Early 2010s

    Google Brain

    He leads the early team; Quoc Le leads the reported 2012 experiments.

  3. 2011–2012

    Online education

    An online machine-learning class precedes Coursera, co-founded with Daphne Koller.

  4. 2014–2017

    Baidu

    Ng serves as chief scientist and announces his departure in March 2017.

  5. 2017–2018 onward

    Education and companies

    DeepLearning.AI, LandingAI, and AI Fund extend teaching and applied company development.

  6. 2022–October 2026

    Courses and current roles

    Ng’s updated courses continue; he is LandingAI’s executive chairman and founder.

Sources and credits

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  1. Andrew Ng: official biography andrewng.org. Checked 10 October 2026.
  2. Stanford Autonomous Helicopter project cs.stanford.edu. Checked 10 October 2026.
  3. Jeff Dean and Andrew Ng: Google experiment, 26 June 2012 blog.google. Checked 10 October 2026.
  4. Stanford CS229, Autumn 2011 cs229.stanford.edu. Checked 10 October 2026.
  5. Coursera: ten-year history, 1 April 2022 blog.coursera.org. Checked 10 October 2026.
  6. Baidu appointment announcement, 16 May 2014 ir.baidu.com. Checked 10 October 2026.
  7. Andrew Ng: Opening a new chapter, 22 March 2017 medium.com. Checked 10 October 2026.
  8. Ng announces DeepLearning.AI courses, 8 August 2017 blog.coursera.org. Checked 10 October 2026.
  9. LandingAI: Andrew Ng leadership profile landing.ai. Checked 10 October 2026.
  10. AI Fund: Andrew Ng aifund.ai. Checked 10 October 2026.
  11. Amazon: current director biography ir.aboutamazon.com. Checked 10 October 2026.
  12. Machine Learning Specialization: current course description deeplearning.ai. Checked 10 October 2026.
  13. AI Fund: venture-studio description aifund.ai. Checked 10 October 2026.
  14. Coursera announces the updated specialization, 2022 blog.coursera.org. Checked 10 October 2026.