Bain & Company has entered a strategic partnership with Andrew Ng, PhD, and his advisory firm AI Aspire.
Bain will partner with Ng, a renowned computer scientist and artificial intelligence thought leader, and his newly launched advisory firm to help clients deliver enterprise-level results with AI.
“AI is the most transformative technology of our generation—and realizing its full potential requires both cutting-edge technical thinking and practical execution at scale,” said Chuck Whitten, senior partner and global head of Bain & Company’s digital capabilities. “That’s what Bain does best. We’re thrilled to welcome Andrew Ng—one of the foremost minds in AI—to our team, joining forces with our 1,500 AI and digital practitioners to help clients move from experimentation to enterprise-wide impact.”
Tech and AI-enabled revenue now comprises 30% of Bain’s business, with the consulting firm expecting that figure to grow to 50% in the coming years.
“I’m thrilled to partner with Bain & Company to make the best AI thinking accessible to leaders around the world,” said Ng. “Companies that lack a thoughtful, strategic approach to AI risk falling far behind their competitors. This partnership is about equipping organizations to lead—not follow.”
Ng was formerly the founder and lead of the Google Brain deep learning project and chief scientist at Baidu. He is the co-founder and chairman of Coursera and founder of DeepLearning.Ai, as well as the managing general partner of AI Fund.
Based in Silicon Valley, Ng is also an adjunct professor of computer science at Stanford University, where he has taught for 23 years. He was formerly director of the Stanford AI Lab.
Ng has a PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Bain’s AI, insights, and solutions practice has over 1,500 professionals advising clients on machine learning application implementation, business insight delivery, technology architecture and engineering, organizational development, and analytics strategy. The practice has technology alliances with firms such as Microsoft, OpenAI, AWS, Google, SAP, Salesforce, and IBM.