Dr. Greg Loughnane is the Owner & CEO of AI Makerspace, where he leads agentic AI training programs for mid-market & enterprise clients. Since 2023, he has built and led cohort-based courses on Maven, including The AI Engineering Bootcamp. Previously, he developed courses like Machine Learning Engineer as part of Andrew Ng's AI Fund ecosystem. Prior, he served as an AI product manager, university professor, consultant, advisor, and researcher. He loves trail running and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
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(2021-'23) Head of Product & Curriculum & Instructor delivering live, online bootcamps within Andrew Ng's AI Fund company FourthBrain
(2021-'23) Worked with Deeplearning.ai to moderate and deliver ML Engineering & MLOps training content
(2016-'18) Led NASA projects focused on bringing open-source metal laser 3D printers and sensor technologies to market.
(2011-'21) Taught university courses in Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering, Math & Entrepreneurship
20-year-old context engineer who created:
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(2025–Present) AI Engineer at Aithon, building deep research agents, a platform-wide chat assistant (Cursor-like experience for sales teams), an automated news collection pipeline, and AI-powered intelligence over news for actionable insights.
(2023–'25) Web Developer at Startup Studio, building full-stack applications and gaining the hands-on engineering foundation that led to a transition into AI.
(~2022–Present) Self-taught Developer, going from web development to shipping production AI agents and open-source developer tooling.
I’m an AI Engineering executive passionate about turning cutting-edge research and technology into scalable products that solve real-world problems. Over the past 18+ years, I drove impact at the intersection of AI, deep tech, and business growth. Built and scaled high-performing teams across startups and enterprises. Proven track record of developing IP (5 arXiv papers, journal publication, patent pending), advising enterprise AI deployments, and mentoring professionals at Stanford Online and EdTechs in the US. What drives my motivation is transforming innovation into tangible business outcomes as well as sharing all my knowledge – my life's mission.
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