是AI大神也是创业狂人！继收获首个IPO后，吴恩达旗下公司融资5700万美元

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"虽然当前市场上充斥着大量人工智能带来变革的言论，但吴恩达坦言，他在工厂看到的情况是，人工智能并没有得到广泛应用。"}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Landing.ai 斩获 5700 万美元融资"}]},{"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 "},{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/08\/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-raises-57-million-for-landing-ai.html","title":"xxx","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"CNBC 11 月 8 日报道"}]},{"type":"text","text":"，谷歌大脑项目创始人、人工智能先驱吴恩达的初创公司 Landing.ai 获得5700万美元的投资（约合 3.6 亿元人民币），不过公司估值尚不祥。"}]},{"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":"据了解，"},{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/landing.ai\/","title":"xxx","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Landing.ai "}]},{"type":"text","text":"是吴恩达于 2017 年创立的人工智能公司，公司主要对外提供 AI 解决方案，希望利用 AI 技术助力企业转型。"}]},{"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 推出的第一款解决方案是 Landing Lens，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.geekbang.org\/resource\/image\/ce\/10\/cea5d51e2699b85064dc4323d1900110.jpg","alt":null,"title":null,"style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":null,"fromPaste":true,"pastePass":true}},{"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":"据悉，Landing.ai 的客户包括了美国工具制造商“史丹利百德”，以及中国电子代工巨头富士康。在该公司官网的一个客户证明视频中，富士康执行副总裁刘颖昕介绍说，Landing.ai 缩短了富士康开发人工智能系统的时间，增加了识别系统的精准度。"}]},{"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，Landing.ai 曾于 2019 年获得来自英特尔投资 Intel Capital 的天使轮融资。Landing.ai 的A轮融资由工业物联网风投基金 McRock Capital 领投，参投方包括英特尔投资、三星催化剂基金（Samsung Catalyst Fund）、洞见创投（Insight Partners）和加拿大年金计划投资委员会。"}]},{"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":"吴恩达在接受 CNBC 采访时说道：“我们研发的工具能帮助制造商快速和容易地建立人工智能系统并实现有效部署。”他补充说，希望将人工智能带到其他行业，并超越谷歌和百度等互联网消费平台。"}]},{"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":"吴恩达表示：“我们在新闻中已经接触到大量有关人工智能将给很多行业带来变革的公关宣传话语”，“对我来说，我还没发现很多宣传的东西已经变为了现实。虽然有大量的概念性验证、大量的宣传，但坦率地说，我在工厂看到的情况是，人工智能并没有得到广泛应用。”"}]},{"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":"对于融资后的下一步计划，吴恩达表示，他计划利用这笔资金进行尝试“让一切变得更快”。他对此解释道，团队规模将从75人翻倍到150人左右，同时也将引入新的客户。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"“创业狂人”吴恩达"}]},{"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":"“AI 大神”吴恩达在人工智能领域可以说是声名远扬，不过，用“创业狂人”四个字来形容他也不为过。2017 年 3 月，吴恩达离开百度后宣布正式走上"},{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.infoq.cn\/article\/D8SIChJYRNctZFWUVfH5","title":"xxx","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"创业之路"}]},{"type":"text","text":"，并陆续创立了多家公司，其中包括三家人工智能相关的公司、基金会：deeplearning.ai、Landing.ai、AI Fund。"}]},{"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":"除去刚宣布获得 5700 万美元的 Landing.ai，其余两家公司基本情况如下："}]},{"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 与其说是一家创业公司，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.geekbang.org\/resource\/image\/ff\/1d\/ffb5cc8af341808c23c20737fda65d1d.jpg","alt":null,"title":null,"style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":null,"fromPaste":true,"pastePass":true}},{"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 是一家风险投资公司，致力于通过加速采用 AI 来推动人类向前发展。据其官网介绍，AI Fund 得到了世界上一些领先的风险投资公司和投资者的 1.76 亿美元资金支持。这些有限合伙人包括很多顶级硅谷投资者，如 Greylock Partners、红杉资本、New Enterprise Associates (NEA) 和软银集团。"}]},{"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":"值得一提的是，在今年 3 月 31 日，吴恩达早期参与创办的教育科技公司 Coursera正式在纽交所上市，股票代码：COUR。这也是吴恩达收获的首个IPO。"}]},{"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":"信息显示，Coursera 11月 8 日的收盘价为 33.67 美元 \/ 股，总市值达 46.38 亿美元（约合 296.4 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":"除了上述几家公司，吴恩达还曾与妻子开了“夫妻店”Drive.ai，该公司于 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。"}]}]}