LearnVector – Andrew Ng’s AI company building one‑to‑one learning experiences

LearnVector —— 吴恩达（Andrew Ng）创办的 AI 公司，致力于打造一对一学习体验

A new AI company. Conventional wisdom says AI will replace people. I believe the opposite. Andrew Ng · Founder & CEO. AI is creating unprecedented opportunities for everyone. LearnVector helps people build skills so every person can take part. Join our team. $100M investment from Coursera. Our mission: To accelerate human development. AI will be the greatest accelerator of human development — if we do it right. 一家全新的 AI 公司。传统观点认为 AI 将取代人类，但我认为恰恰相反。—— 吴恩达，创始人兼 CEO。AI 正在为每个人创造前所未有的机遇。LearnVector 旨在帮助人们构建技能，让每个人都能参与其中。加入我们的团队。获得 Coursera 1 亿美元投资。我们的使命：加速人类发展。如果运用得当，AI 将成为人类发展最伟大的加速器。

The challenge: For most of history, great teaching has been scarce. Rationed by cost, geography, and time. We have always known that one person with a good teacher learns more — and faster — than the same person in a classroom of two hundred. We built the classrooms anyway, because we couldn’t give each person their own tutor. That was not a limitation of learning. It was a limitation of economics. 挑战：在历史的大部分时间里，优质的教学资源一直很稀缺，受到成本、地理位置和时间的限制。我们一直都知道，一个人如果有一位好老师，其学习效果和速度远胜于在两百人的大教室里学习。然而，我们还是建造了教室，因为我们无法为每个人提供专属导师。这并非学习本身的局限，而是经济条件的局限。

Despite enormous progress in AI, we still have not changed how we learn. Learning experiences are still one‑to‑many. And we know that chatbots without guardrails harm learning. A chatbot can give you an answer, but an answer is not an education. Cognitive offloading means you end up learning less. And, you cannot always trust what a chatbot tells you. Meanwhile the demand for trustworthy learning — knowing that what you learn is accurate, important, and relevant — has never been higher. 尽管 AI 取得了巨大进步，但我们学习的方式依然没有改变。学习体验仍然是“一对多”的。我们深知，缺乏监管的聊天机器人会损害学习效果。聊天机器人可以给你答案，但答案并不等同于教育。认知卸载（Cognitive offloading）意味着你最终学到的东西更少。此外，你不能总是相信聊天机器人提供的信息。与此同时，人们对“可信学习”的需求——即确保所学内容准确、重要且相关——从未如此强烈。

The result: Three things change. The model: One‑to‑many → One‑to‑one (A personal learning experience for everyone). The experience: Labor → Love (Learning that’s engaging and fun — that you want to do). The habit: Occasional → Daily (Learning that feels like an instinct, not a chore). 成果：我们将改变三件事。模式：从“一对多”变为“一对一”（为每个人提供个性化的学习体验）。体验：从“苦差”变为“热爱”（让学习变得引人入胜且有趣，让你发自内心地想去学习）。习惯：从“偶尔”变为“每日”（让学习成为一种本能，而非负担）。

What we’re building: A trustworthy guide for learning. A chatbot can give you an answer, then it moves on. We’re building a one‑to‑one learning experience that: 01. Plans a path with you; 02. Adapts to how you learn; 03. Patiently stays with you until you’ve mastered new skills. We’re heads‑down building, and will have products to show by early 2027. 我们正在构建什么：一个值得信赖的学习向导。聊天机器人给出一个答案后就会离开，而我们正在构建一种“一对一”的学习体验，它能够：01. 与你共同规划路径；02. 适应你的学习方式；03. 耐心地陪伴你，直到你掌握新技能。我们正埋头苦干，预计在 2027 年初推出产品。

A message from Andrew: Why I’m doing this. Fifteen years ago, Coursera and online courses changed education. It worked better than almost anyone expected, expanding access by opening up where you can learn. But how you learn remains largely the same as it has for centuries: it is one-size-fits-all courses, taught the same way to each person who shows up. We now have an opportunity to change how learning happens. With advances in AI, we can now build a custom learning guide for each person. We will turn learning from one‑to‑many to one‑to‑one. I’m starting LearnVector to invent this next generation of learning. 吴恩达寄语：我为何要这样做。十五年前，Coursera 和在线课程改变了教育。它的效果超出了几乎所有人的预期，通过打破地理限制扩大了教育的普及。但学习方式在几个世纪以来基本没有改变：依然是“一刀切”的课程，以同样的方式教授给每一个学生。现在，我们有机会改变学习的发生方式。随着 AI 的进步，我们可以为每个人构建定制化的学习向导。我们将把学习从“一对多”转变为“一对一”。我创办 LearnVector，正是为了开创这一代学习方式。

We are starting with an investment from Coursera, and plan to collaborate closely with Coursera and Udemy. Good learning needs much more than just a chatbot. Research shows that chatbots without guardrails harm learning. They help complete tasks and enable students to do better on homework. But cognitive offloading to a chatbot results in them being less skilled. In contrast, LearnVector will plan a path with you, adapt to how you learn, and patiently stay with you until you’ve mastered new skills. 我们以 Coursera 的投资为起点，并计划与 Coursera 和 Udemy 展开密切合作。好的学习需要的不仅仅是一个聊天机器人。研究表明，缺乏监管的聊天机器人会损害学习。它们虽然能帮助完成任务，让学生在作业上表现更好，但对聊天机器人的认知卸载会导致学生自身技能水平下降。相比之下，LearnVector 将与你共同规划路径，适应你的学习方式，并耐心地陪伴你，直到你真正掌握新技能。

One thing has not changed in all this time. People want learning they can trust: material that is accurate, relevant, and worth the effort you put into it. Anything less wastes the most valuable thing a learner has: time. Coursera has a trusted library of materials from authoritative sources. LearnVector plans to work with Coursera to bring this trustworthy learning to everyone. I’m grateful to Greg Hart and the entire Coursera team for supporting LearnVector. I look forward to working with our talented team to change how we learn, and accelerate human development. 有一点始终未变：人们渴望值得信赖的学习——即内容准确、相关且值得投入精力。除此之外的一切，都是在浪费学习者最宝贵的资源：时间。Coursera 拥有来自权威来源的可信资料库。LearnVector 计划与 Coursera 合作，将这种可信的学习体验带给每个人。感谢 Greg Hart 和整个 Coursera 团队对 LearnVector 的支持。我期待与我们才华横溢的团队合作，改变我们的学习方式，加速人类发展。

From Coursera: Our strategic investment in LearnVector has the potential to be a force multiplier for our growth. Andrew’s unmatched AI expertise pairs his agentic AI with our platform and assets that turn learning into validated mastery — a clear competitive advantage that we believe can accelerate our business and expand the impact we deliver for individuals and enterprises around the world. — Greg Hart, CEO, Coursera 来自 Coursera 的评价：我们对 LearnVector 的战略投资有望成为我们增长的倍增器。吴恩达无与伦比的 AI 专业知识，将其智能体 AI（Agentic AI）与我们的平台和资产相结合，将学习转化为经过验证的精通能力——这是一种明显的竞争优势，我们相信这将加速我们的业务发展，并扩大我们为全球个人和企业带来的影响力。—— Greg Hart，Coursera CEO

In brief: The facts. What LearnVector is: A new AI company building one‑to‑one learning experiences. Founded in 2026. Founder & CEO: Andrew Ng — Co‑founder, Coursera and Google Brain. Founder, DeepLearning.AI. Stanford Computer Science Adjunct Faculty. Backing: A $100 million investment from Coursera. Where we are: Mountain View, California, on‑site. What’s next: We’re building and will have something to show by early 2027. 简报：事实概览。LearnVector 是什么：一家致力于打造一对一学习体验的全新 AI 公司。成立于 2026 年。创始人兼 CEO：吴恩达（Coursera 和 Google Brain 联合创始人，DeepLearning.AI 创始人，斯坦福大学计算机科学兼职教授）。资金支持：来自 Coursera 的 1 亿美元投资。办公地点：加利福尼亚州山景城（现场办公）。未来计划：我们正在开发中，预计 2027 年初展示成果。

Careers: We’re hiring. We’re a small, fast-moving team in Mountain View, California, working on‑site. We have a short list of open roles for experienced builders passionate about AI and human development. (Roles include: AI Engineer, Learning Engineer, Learning Scientist, Software Engineer (Full-stack), Operations Specialist). 招聘：我们正在招募人才。我们是一个位于加州山景城、节奏快速的小型团队，实行现场办公。我们为热衷于 AI 和人类发展的资深建设者提供了一系列职位空缺。（职位包括：AI 工程师、学习工程师、学习科学家、全栈软件工程师、运营专员）。