“AI 大神”吴恩达收获首个IPO，Coursera上市首日大涨36.36%

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"吴恩达早期参与创办的教育科技公司 Coursera 美股上市，首日大涨 36.36%。"}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"9 年磨一剑，Coursera 上市首日股价大涨"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"美国时间 3 月 31 日，教育科技公司 Coursera 正式在纽交所上市，股票代码：COUR。该股开盘价定为 39 美元\/股，截至上市当日收盘，股价上涨至 45 美元\/股，涨幅达 36.36%。目前，Coursera 的股价为 45.78 美元\/股（来自 4 月 1 日最新的收盘信息），总市值达 59.64 亿美元（约合 391.5 亿元人民币）。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Coursera 由美国斯坦福大学计算机科学教授吴恩达（Andrew Ng）和 Daphne Koller 共同创办，总部位于加利福尼亚州山景城。Coursera 与斯坦福大学、密歇根大学、普林斯顿大学、宾夕法尼亚大学等世界顶尖大学合作，为用户提供各种免费和付费的在线课程。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Coursera 的 IPO 招股说明书显示，截至 2020 年 12 月 31 日，共有超过 150 所大学通过 Coursera 平台提供了 4000 多门课程，涉及数据科学、技术、商业、卫生、社会科学以及艺术与人文科学等多个领域；有超过 50 个行业合作伙伴通过 Coursera 平台提供了 600 多门课程，涉及数据科学、技术和商业领域。此外，Coursera 还与大学合作制定学位课程，学校通过 Coursera 平台和技术来教授课程，学生通过在线学习的方式获取相应学位。截至 2020 年 12 月 31 日，Coursera 上共有超过 20 个学位课程。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"公开信息显示，Coursera 创立时间为 2012 年 4 月，至今刚好 9 年。虽然成立年头不短，但相比国内的在线教育公司而言，Coursera 的发展速度并不算快，财务状况也不容乐观。招股说明书显示，2019 年和 2020 年，Coursera 的净亏损分别为 4670 万美元和 6680 万美元。截至 2020 年底，Coursera 自成立以来的累计赤字为 3.436 亿美元。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"融资方面，2020 年 7 月，Coursera 融资 1.3 亿美元，估值为 26 亿美元。2019 年，该公司完成了 E 轮 1.03 亿美元融资，Seek Group 领投，Future Fund 和 NEA 跟投。该轮融资过后，Coursera 估值超过 10 亿美元，成为全球新晋独角兽。此前，Coursera 共计完成了 2.1 亿美元融资，其中 D 轮融资的金额为 6400 万美元。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"不过值得一提的是，在去年新冠疫情的影响和推动下，Coursera 进入了发展的快车道。Coursera 发布的招股书显示，2020 年，Coursera 的校园平台 Coursera for Campus 增速迅猛，有 130 多家高校向 Coursera 的客户支付校园费用。此外，在疫情期间，Coursera 还与 70 个国家和美国 30 个州 \/ 城市的 330 多个政府机构合作，帮助政府为失业工人提供免费的商业、技术课程，以此实现劳动力复苏。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"良好的发展势头为 Coursera 的收入带来了明显增速。2020 年，Coursera 收入为 2.935 亿美元，与 2019 年的 1.844 亿美元相比，增幅达 59％。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"据 MarketWatch 报道，Coursera 首席财务官 Ken Hahn 在接受采访时表示，COVID-19 大流行不仅加速了 Coursera 的业务发展，还加快了该公司的上市计划。“人们没办法出门，只能在 Coursera 上在线学习课程。”“我们的上市计划本来是打算在某个时候公开的，但我们看到世界在变化，这些变化加快了我们的步伐。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"虽未全职参与该公司运营，但吴恩达的课程一直是 Coursera 上最受欢迎的课程，没有之一。上市当日，Coursera 两位创始人吴恩达、Daphne Koller，以及首席执行官 Jeff Maggioncalda 共同敲钟。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"吴恩达也在招股书中表示，Coursera 的首要目标一直都是为学习者服务。“当前世界面临诸多挑战，包括疫情、贫困、失业、不平等和偏见等。虽然教育不是万灵药，但它是应对这些挑战最有效的力量之一。”“我们目睹了数十亿人在疫情期间的挣扎。在学校，许多学习者和教师还没有做好将学习转移到网上的准备。在工作中，数字化加速正威胁着许多工作，人们的技能很容易迅速过时。令人震惊的破坏规模凸显了全球教育体系现代化的必要性。负责创造公平竞争环境的人现在认识到，在线学习将是为个人提供所需技能和促进社会公平的有力手段。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"“AI 大神”吴恩达的创业之路"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"曾任谷歌大脑创始人、百度首席科学家的吴恩达，在人工智能领域可以说是声名远扬。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2017 年 3 月，吴恩达离开百度后宣布正式走上创业之路，作为业内的“明星人物”，吴恩达的一举一动都会引起行业的强烈关注。从他宣布创业以来到今天已经快四年了，这段时间里，他先后成立了三家人工智能相关的公司、基金会：deeplearning.ai、Landing.ai、AI Fund，以及加入了自己老婆的自动驾驶公司 Drive.ai。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"这些公司现在如何了呢？InfoQ 给大家做了一个简单的梳理："}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"deeplearning.ai 说是一家创业公司，倒不如说是吴恩达在线 AI 教育平台 Coursera 的一个分支，吴恩达之前推出的“AI for everyone”课程就发布在这个网站；"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/18\/2d\/18660d769dff84be0aab678b3f33122d.png","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2018 年初成立的 AI Fund 原本旨在持续关注并加速各类职业教育解决方案的项目，目前官方网站列出了部分投资项目，去掉与吴恩达相关联的项目，确实投的不算多。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/77\/18\/77b21e52ce224225aec33d4aa685db18.jpeg","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"与前面两家公司的性质不同，Landing.ai 是一家实打实的人工智能公司，对外提供 AI 解决方案。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Landing.ai 希望利用 AI 技术助力企业转型，Landing.ai 推出的第一款解决方案是 Landing Light，这是一种自动化的视觉检测工具，利用 AI 技术可以比人工检查员和自动光学检测（AOI）机器更准确地发现问题，Light 还生成可视化和分析，以优化制造流程和产品质量。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"疫情期间，Landing AI 还在其官方博客平台上发布了一款社交距离监控工具，其中包含一个演示视频，基于公开街景数据集 The Oxford Town Centre 展示了新的社交距离探测器，旨在让行人彼此之间保持至少两米的距离，尽可能减少新冠病毒的传播。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/23\/59\/2366aa910a168312f7bd1b3ca285fa59.png","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"而吴恩达与妻子开的“夫妻店”Drive.ai 则于 2019 年被苹果公司收购。这次收购在一些业内人士看来，更像是苹果的一次“自救”行动，毕竟苹果自动驾驶一直被寄予厚望，但又表现不佳，如果再不采取一些措施，苹果可能就真的赶不上自动驾驶这趟车了。而对于吴恩达来说，Drive.ai 只是其职业生涯里的一段小插曲。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"参考链接："}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/coursera-stock-jumps-20-out-of-the-gate-on-first-day-of-trade-11617208139"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1651562\/000119312521071525\/d65490ds1.htm"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"《"},{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.infoq.cn\/article\/1BaVpmEry4SA0zLRpNCX","title":"xxx","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"离开百度三年多，吴恩达终于要收获第一个 IPO，Coursera 或于明年上市"}]},{"type":"text","text":"》"}]}]}