Ian Goodfellow

Ian Goodfellow is an American computer scientist and researcher known for his foundational contributions to deep learning and artificial neural networks. He is best known for inventing generative adversarial networks (GANs) and co-authoring the textbook Deep Learning (2016). As of 2026, he is co-founding a startup company after having held research roles at Google Brain, OpenAI, Apple, and Google DeepMind.