Alexey Grigorev is the founder of DataTalks.Club and the creator of the popular Zoomcamp series. With 15 years of experience in software engineering and over 12 years in machine learning, he has built and deployed large-scale ML systems at companies like OLX Group and Simplaex.

An advocate for practical, hands-on education, Alexey has taught over 100,000 students, focusing on a code-first approach to help learners build real-world skills.

In the past, he was an active participant in data science competitions. A Kaggle Master, Alexey has achieved top rankings in several challenges, including 1st place in the NIPS'17 Criteo Challenge and 2nd place in the WSDM Cup 2017: Vandalism Detection.

He empower the next generation of AI engineers while guiding software teams and leaders on AI-driven productivity and product strategy.

He's teaching a new CS course at Stanford called "The Modern Software Developer". It's the first class in the world covering how every part of the software development lifecycle is changing because of coding LLMs: https://themodernsoftware.dev/

He is also teaching a public version of the course geared toward professional developers called "AI Software Development: From First Prompt to Production Code". Next cohort starting in June 2026! https://maven.com/the-modern-software-developer/ai-course

He's Head of AI Monaco, where they are creating the future revenue generation platform that all sales teams will use. He spent 12+ years building AI systems at companies of all sizes from the earliest stage startups (YC-backed and beyond) to the biggest tech orgs on the planet (Amazon Alexa).

If you want to see other things his been thinking about, check out www.mihaileric.com