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Jeremy Howard

fast.ai co-founder; practical deep learning educator

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Quick profileJeremy Howard ranks #82 on the AGI Times 100 (2026) — public researchers, engineers, and builders ranked by influence. Not an intelligence test.

Jeremy Howard ranks #82 on the AGI Times 100 (2026) as a public figure whose work shaped how AI is researched, engineered, or deployed. fast.ai co-founder; practical deep learning educator.

Associated primarily with fast.ai · Answer.AI, Howard is known for: Practical Deep Learning for Coders; fastai library; Democratizing DL education. Those threads generate the search demand we map in the keyword doors on this page — name queries, lab queries, and the breakthrough phrases people type after a news cycle.

Influence, on our methodology, is not a personality contest. It is the combination of ideas others reuse, systems others ship on top of, institutions that allocate talent and capital, and public conversation that changes what builders and buyers do next.

Citations below point to primary papers, lab pages, or reputable public sources. Affiliations change. Use this profile as a map for learning and due diligence — then train your team to apply modern AI tools with clear ownership, privacy rules, and human review.

Known for

  • Practical Deep Learning for Coders
  • fastai library
  • Democratizing DL education

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