Andrej Karpathy

Andrej Karpathy is a Slovak-Canadian computer scientist, AI researcher, and educator known for his significant contributions to deep learning, computer vision, and AI education. He has held influential roles at OpenAI and Tesla and founded the education company Eureka Labs.

Andrej Karpathy was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) in 1986. He moved to Toronto, Canada, with his family when he was 15.

Karpathy studied Computer Science and Physics at the University of Toronto, graduating with a BSc in 2009. He earned an MSc in 2011 from the University of British Columbia, focusing on machine learning. Karpathy completed his PhD at Stanford University in 2015, focusing on the integration of computer vision and natural language processing.

Beyond his academic and professional work, Karpathy is known for his popular educational content, helping make advanced AI concepts more accessible to developers worldwide.

Andrej Karpathy maintains a private personal life. While he has hinted at a long-term relationship, particularly mentioning a girlfriend in some public posts and interviews, detailed information is not publicly available.

Karpathy is deeply passionate about AI education and plans to continue his work in this field, even as he focuses on AI research at Anthropic.

Karpathy started as a founding research scientist at OpenAI, focusing on deep reinforcement learning and generative models. Later, he became the Director of AI at Tesla, where he played a key role in the development of self-driving technology. In 2026, he joined Anthropic, leading a team in AI pretraining research.

Andrej Karpathy developed Stanford's first deep learning course, CS231n, and the 'Zero to Hero' YouTube series, which are significant contributions to AI education. He is known for advancing AI methodologies such as 'vibe coding'.