DARPA Grand Challenge & Stanford AI Lab
Sebastian Thrun completed his PhD at the University of Bonn before joining Stanford University as Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 2005, his team’s autonomous vehicle, Stanley, won the historic DARPA Grand Challenge.
Founding Google X & Google Self-Driving
Recruited to Google, Thrun co-founded Google X, leading the creation of Google Street View, Google Glass, and the Google self-driving car program that became Waymo.
Democratizing Education: Udacity
In 2011, Thrun co-founded Udacity, pioneering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Nanodegrees in AI and autonomous systems, training millions of engineers globally.
