Former OpenAI and Tesla alum, Andrej Karpathy, recently announced his new venture, Eureka Labs, a groundbreaking AI-native school. With the aim of expanding education in both reach and extent, Eureka Labs plans to provide a unique learning experience by combining human expertise with AI technology.
Under the guidance of subject matter experts, learning something new becomes an ideal experience. However, these experts are scarce and cannot personally tutor everyone. Karpathy believes that generative AI can make this type of learning experience more accessible. With Eureka Labs, teachers will design course materials while an AI Teaching Assistant will guide students through them. This approach allows for an entire curriculum of courses to run on a common platform.
The company’s first product, LLM101n, is an undergraduate-level AI course that enables students to train their own AI. It will be available both online and through digital and physical cohorts of students running through the program together. When asked about the pricing model, Karpathy mentioned that he wants Eureka Labs to be a self-sustaining business that doesn’t restrict access to educational content. Most likely, the course content will be free and permissively licensed, with revenue coming from other sources such as running digital and physical cohorts.
Karpathy’s vision for Eureka Labs is to spark those “Eureka” moments in people’s minds—those moments of understanding something deeply. Judging from the overwhelming positive response on platforms like X, where the announcement was made, it’s clear that excitement for this new venture is palpable. Users have praised Karpathy’s teaching abilities and his decision to share his knowledge with the next generation.
For Karpathy, Eureka Labs represents an opportunity to focus on education full-time. Throughout his career, he has been involved in academic research, real-world products, and AGI research, but these endeavors have always been part-time. Now, he is excited to dive in and build something great professionally and full-time.
Karpathy’s educational background includes a PhD from Stanford University, where he worked closely with AI experts Fei-Fei Li and Andrew Ng. His expertise lies in convolutional/recurrent neural networks and their applications in computer vision and natural language processing.
Eureka Labs is set to revolutionize AI education by combining the power of human expertise with AI technology. With its unique approach, the company aims to make learning anything accessible to everyone. As Karpathy puts it, “We look forward to a future where AI is a key technology for increasing human potential.”
