BOSTON – July 15, 2025 – Bain & Company today announced a strategic partnership with Dr Andrew NG and his advisory company, AI Aspire, helping organizations unlock scalable and transformative value from artificial intelligence. Dr. Ng is the founder of Deeplearning.ai, a well-known British-American computer scientist and thought leader in AI.
The collaboration combines Bain’s deep industry knowledge and expertise in AI implementation with Dr. NG’s pioneering insights into AI and machine learning, aimed at delivering enterprise-level results with AI beyond experimentation.
“AI is the most transformative technology of our generation. To get the full potential, we need both cutting-edge technical thinking and practical implementation,” said Chuck Whitten, senior partner in digital capabilities and global head of Bain & Company. “That’s what Bane does his best. We welcome Andrew Ng, one of the leading AI gurus, to our team and join forces with 1,500 AI and digital practitioners to help our clients move from experiments to corporate-wide impact.”
As demand for AI-enabled solutions accelerates, Bane’s client needs are rising sharply across the sector. High-tech and AI-enabled revenues currently consist of around 30% of the company’s operations, and are expected to grow to 50% over the next few years.
“We are excited to partner with Bain & Company to create the best AI that leaders around the world can access,” Dr. Andrew Ng said. “Companies lack a thoughtful, strategic approach to AI risk are far behind their competitors, and this partnership is being prepared to lead the organization.
Bain’s AI, Insights, and Solutions Practice includes over 1,500 AI, data, analytics, architecture and engineering experts. This interdisciplinary team combines algorithms, technology and business expertise to solve the most challenging problems for business leaders. This includes implementing machine learning applications, delivering business insights, technology architecture and engineering, organizational development and analytical strategies. The group provides overall business and technology solutions in close integration with the industry and capabilities practices of the company.
The company has also significantly expanded its partner organizations’ broader digital and AI ecosystem, including forming major partnerships with OpenAI, Microsoft, AWS, Google, SAP, Salesforce and IBM.
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About ai ai aspire
Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, AI Aspire is Dr. Andrew Ng’s new advisory company, leading businesses through AI Transformation Journeys. The company is guided daily by its managing partner Kirsty Tan, and its deep enterprise consulting experience brings new leadership to the company’s mission to help large organizations leverage the power of AI. Through AI Aspire, Dr. NG continues to leverage the flywheel effect of his broader ecosystem, including AI funds and Deeplearning.ai, accelerating the adoption of responsible and effective AI across the industry.
With a career dedicated to advancing machine learning and making AI education accessible to millions of people, Dr. NG has built some of the most influential organizations in the field. He founded Deeplearning.ai, is the general partner of the AI Fund, executive chairman of Landianai, co-founder of Coursera, and serves as an adjunct professor at Stanford University.
As the founding lead of former chief scientists at Google Brain and Baidu, Dr. NG has led some of the world’s largest technology companies into the AI era. He was named Time100 in 2013 and is a list of the most influential people in the world and the most influential people in artificial intelligence on the Time100 AI list of 2023. Dr. NG is currently dedicated to helping businesses take responsibility for and effectively recruit AI. Unleash new opportunities for innovation, growth and positive social impact through your AI aspirations.
