Recent news shows that Stanford University computer science professor Andrew Ng may resign as CEO of the AI company he founded, Landingai, and become executive chairman. Former COO Dan Maloney may take over as CEO. According to the company’s official website, Dan Maloney has now taken over as CEO.
It is reported that Andrew Ng previously served as the founder and director of the Google Brain deep learning project of the Google AI research team, the chief scientist of Baidu, and the director of the Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In April this year, he was appointed to the Amazon board of directors. In addition, he also founded the AI education technology deeplearning.ai and co-founded the for-profit education technology company Coursera.
It is worth mentioning that the ai fund founded by Ng Enda recently announced that it plans to raise another US$120 million in funds. Therefore, some insiders believe that this position adjustment may mean that Ng Enda may temporarily focus on the investment field.
Public information shows that landingai was founded in 2017 and focuses on applying AI technology, especially computer vision technology, to the manufacturing industry. The company’s related technologies can help manufacturers obtain meaningful information from digital images and videos, such as detecting products. defect.
Previously in October 2020, landingai launched its flagship product landinglens, a fast and easy-to-use enterprise mlops (machine learning operations) computer vision platform that can use AI deep learning technology to help manufacturers create their own visual inspection software .
Then in November 2021, landingai announced that it had received investment from industrial Internet of Things company mcrock capital, with investment from Intel Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund (Samsung's Catalyst Fund), investment company Insight Partners, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Institutions followed the investment, totaling US$57 million in Series A investment.
In this regard, Ng Enda revealed that he plans to use the funds to try to "make everything faster", and he also said, "We build tools to enable manufacturers to quickly and easily build and deploy successful AI systems. We We hope to bring AI to other industries and surpass consumer Internet platforms such as Google and Baidu." Recent news shows that Stanford University computer science professor Andrew Ng may resign as CEO of the AI company he founded, Landingai, and become executive chairman. Former COO Dan Maloney may take over as CEO. According to the company’s official website, Dan Maloney has now taken over as CEO. It is reported that Andrew Ng previously served as the founder and director of the Google Brain deep learning project of the Google AI research team, the chief scientist of Baidu, and the director of the Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In April this year, he was appointed to the Amazon board of directors. In addition, he also founded the AI education technology deeplearning.ai and co-founded the for-profit education technology company Coursera. It is worth mentioning that the ai fund founded by Ng Enda recently announced that it plans to raise another US$120 million in funds. Therefore, some insiders believe that this position adjustment may mean that Ng Enda may temporarily focus on the investment field. Public information shows that landingai was founded in 2017 and focuses on applying AI technology, especially computer vision technology, to the manufacturing industry. The company’s related technologies can help manufacturers obtain meaningful information from digital images and videos, such as detecting products. defect. Previously in October 2020, landingai launched its flagship product landinglens, a fast and easy-to-use enterprise mlops (machine learning operations) computer vision platform that can use AI deep learning technology to help manufacturers create their own visual inspection software . Then in November 2021, landingai announced that it had received investment from industrial Internet of Things company mcrock capital, with investment from Intel Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund (Samsung's Catalyst Fund), investment company Insight Partners, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Institutions followed the investment, totaling US$57 million in Series A investment. In this regard, Ng Enda revealed that he plans to use the funds to try to "make everything faster", and he also said, "We build tools to enable manufacturers to quickly and easily build and deploy successful AI systems. We We hope to bring AI to other industries and surpass consumer Internet platforms such as Google and Baidu." [The pictures in this article are from the Internet]