Andrej Karpathy

Andrej Karpathy

Co-founder of OpenAI, Tesla, Autopilot

Torronto, CanadaSan Francisco, CA

EB1A
TeslaOpenAIEureka Labs

Building EurekaLabsAI. Previously Director of Al at Tesla, founding team at OpenAl, CS231n/PhD at Stanford. I like to train large deep neural nets.

Education

University of Toronto
University of Toronto
BSc, Computer Science & Physics
2009
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
MSc, Computer Science
2011
Stanford University
Stanford University
PhD, Computer Science
2016

Recognitions

EB1A
EB-1A Green Card
EB-1A Green Card

Projects

ConvNetJS
ConvNetJS
deep-learning library written from scratch in JavaScript with browser demos.
micrograd
micrograd
tiny autograd engine + minimal NN library (educational)
Neural Networks: Zero-to-Hero
Neural Networks: Zero-to-Hero
free course/site and YouTube series

Features

Business Insider
Business Insider
businessinsider.com
In a feature titled “Keep AI on the leash…,” Karpathy urges caution in deploying LLMs and outlines his “vibe coding” philosophy.
2025
Reuters
Reuters
reuters.com
Coverage of Karpathy launching Eureka Labs, an AI-integrated education startup with AI teaching assistants and an inaugural course LLM101n.
2024
DataScienceWeekly Interview
DataScienceWeekly Interview
datascienceweekly.org
A deep-dive interview focused on ConvNetJS, his JavaScript library for training neural networks in-browser.
AI Magazine / HAI Magazine
AI Magazine / HAI Magazine
haimagazine.com
A feature elaborating Karpathy’s view on AI evolving into a foundational platform—“Software 3.0.
TIME100 AI list
TIME100 AI list
time.com
(Most Influential People in AI)
2024
Innovators Under 35
Innovators Under 35
innovatorsunder35.com
MIT Technology Review
2020
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