INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
After his tenure as chief scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng, the founder of the Google Brain project and former CEO of Coursera, set up a number
of different projects that all focus on making AI more approachable
These include the education startup Deeplearning.ai, the AI Fund startup studio for building AI companies and Landing.ai, which helps
enterprises (and especially manufacturing companies) use AI
Today, Ng announced he has opened a second office for these projects in Medellin, Colombia.At first, Medellin may seem like an odd choice
incubators like Ruta N and others.Ng told me that he chose Medellin after looking at a wide range of cities in Europe, Asia and Latin
Medellin, he believes, offers a strong talent pool, educational system and business ecosystem
Indeed, the company was able to hire team members from Poland, Bangladesh, Egypt and Chile for its offices in Medellin, which now has just
education and customer support
In total, the teams in Medellin are working on about a dozen projects right now
first TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise event in San Francisco on September 5 to talk about Landing.ai and the future of AI in general
You can find more information about the event (and buy tickets) here.
