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Peter: together at University of California, Berkeley
About
He spent more than two decades as an engineering director at Google and previously headed the Computational Sciences Division at NASA Ames, following roles as chief scientist at Junglee, chief designer at Harlequin Software, and senior research scientist at Sun Microsystems. He is an education fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and a researcher at Recursive, and has taught as a visiting lecturer at Stanford.
Founder (Stanford instructor who started Udacity) at Udacity
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Udacity's investors · 8
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCrimson Investment FundDelawareCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checksDrive CapitalColumbus · $5M – $30M checksInvestXVancouverValor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checksVCFA GroupNew York · $150K – $2.5M checksVershina CapitalNicosia
Co-founders at Udacity
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Sebastian ThrunFounder (Stanford instructor who started Udacity)
Experience
- RecursiveResearchercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)Education Fellowcurrent2021 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- GoogleEngineering Director2001 — 2026
- Stanford UniversityVisiting Lecturer2010 — 2012Stanford, CA
- NASA AmesHead, Computational Sciences Division1998 — 2001
- JungleeChief Scientist1996 — 1998
- Harlequin SoftwareChief Designer1994 — 1996
- Sun MicrosystemsSenior Research Scientist1991 — 1994
- Stanford UniversityResearch Scientist1991
Skills & more
Amazon EC220Machine Learning99Artificial Intelligence99Programming89Text Mining28Object Oriented Design12Big Data48Natural Language Processing99Pattern Recognition30Information Extraction16Lisp21Data Mining42
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Information RetrievalSystem ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentOOPHigh Performance ComputingComputer ScienceScalabilityNeural NetworksLinuxOpen SourceUnixPythonFrom Peter's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Peter Norvig?
- He spent more than two decades as an engineering director at Google and previously headed the Computational Sciences Division at NASA Ames, following roles as chief scientist at Junglee, chief designer at Harlequin Software, and senior research scientist at Sun Microsystems. He is an education fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and a researcher at Recursive, and has taught as a visiting lecturer at Stanford.
- Where does Peter Norvig work?
- Peter Norvig is Founder (Stanford instructor who started Udacity) of Udacity.
- What companies did Peter Norvig found?
- Peter Norvig founded Udacity.
- Where did Peter Norvig go to school?
- Peter Norvig studied at University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., Computer Science); Brown University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics).
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Stanford University mafia1,934
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Brown University mafia266
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Theresia GouwBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded EarlyJoe GebbiaJoint classesFounded AirbnbDylan FieldScBFounded FigmaPeter ThompsonBachelor's DegreeFounded Cleave Biosciences +4Peter Thompson, M.D.Bachelor's DegreeFounded Cleave Biosciences +4Grant VerstandigFounded Zephyr AI +3
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Recursive13
Dylan PearcePartner at GreycroftMarco DeMirozGeneral Partner & Co-founder at The Venture Reality FundChristian MieleInvestor at HeadlineAndre RetterathGeneral Partner at Earlybird Venture CapitalSiddharth GuptaManaging Director at Samsung VenturesJason McBridePartner at AIX Ventures
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Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordRohini KosogluVenture Partner at FusionEric HorvitzInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesHeidi RoizenPartner at Threshold VenturesPaul DaughertyInvestor at Premji InvestChuen Hong LewPartner, Special Projects & Partnerships at Granite Asia
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Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
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Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)
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