What a Self-Made Billionaire Learned That You Can Too

Do you know who Austin Russell is? He's a college dropout He never earned his degree He had some wild and crazy ideas — and some people were literally betting on him to fail He proved them wrong by becoming the youngest self-made billionaire on the planet at age 25. His current net worth is approximately $2.2B (yes, billion). So, the world has another billionaire? Who cares? What makes Austin's story so special? We'll tell you: Austin studied optics and, more specifically, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). It was his passion. After receiving a $100,000 grant from the Peter Thiel Foundation, Austin dropped out of college to start a company, Luminar, which makes LiDAR sensors that allow self-driving vehicles to "see" their surroundings. He built the company up, and it eventually went public in December 2020. Now, he's the youngest self-made billionaire, at only 25 years old. What Austin did is something few people do in today's modern age: he deeply learned how to work with intelligent software, then made it work for him by creating a company that became a superstar in its field. The key for Austin was his ability to learn about LiDAR deeply. And those opportunities to create great wealth also exist everywhere in the computer vision, deep learning, and OpenCV realm. Take YOLO, for example. You can learn Cutting-Edge Object Detection using YOLO. YOLO is nearly everywhere.  It's deployed at the edge, used in industry, and hundreds of startups use YOLO under the hood of their applications. It's one of the most important topics in object detection (and maybe all of computer vision). And right now, you can access our leading-edge course on YOLO with a huge 25% OFF. In fact, you can access our entire library of books and courses at that discount! But only if you become a member before Midnight EDT on Wednesday, July 13.   PyImageSearch University Program: Object Detection 301, YOLO When you join PyImageSearch University — our brand new Object Detection 301, the YOLO course is yours instantly. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Apply cutting-edge, production-grade object detection code at work, home, and startups Apply YOLO with Python Use Darknet Additionally, text articles, video tutorials, and Jupyter Notebooks are included. A Certificate of Completion is also offered to those who pass the final exam in the course.  45 courses for the price of one. PyImageSearch University features 45 additional courses, including: OpenCV 101 — OpenCV Basics OpenCV 102 — Basic Image Processing Operations OpenCV 104 — Histograms Face Applications 101 — Face Detection Face Applications 102 — Fundamentals of Facial Landmarks Face Recognition 101 — Fundamentals of Facial Recognition Augmented Reality 101 — Fiducials and Markers Deep Learning 101 — Neural Networks and Parameterized Learning Deep Learning 102 — Optimization Methods and Regularization Deep Learning 103 — Neural Network Fundamentals Deep Learning 104 — Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) Deep Learning 105 — Hands-on Experience with CNNs Deep Learning 120 — Regression with CNNs Deep Learning 125 — Data Pipelines with tf.data Deep Learning 130 — Hyperparameter Tuning PyTorch 101 — Fundamentals of PyTorch Autoencoders 101 — Intro to Autoencoders Siamese Networks 101 — Intro to Siamese Networks Image Adversaries 101 — Intro to Image Adversaries Object Detection 101 — Easy Object Detection Object Detection 201 — Fundamentals of Deep Learning Object Detection Object Detection 202 — Bounding Box Regression OCR 101 — Fundamentals of Optical Character Recognition OCR 110 — Using Tesseract for Translation and Non-English Languages Super Resolution 101 — Introduction to Super Resolution Object Detection 301 — The YOLO Object Detector NLP 101 Torch Hub 101 — Practical Applications of Torch Hub OpenCV Installation Guides We release brand new courses every month, so PyImageSearch University is a great way to stay on top of state-of-the-art trends in computer vision and deep learning.  25% OFF all memberships We're currently offering 25% OFF all memberships to PyImageSearch University.   But hurry, this deal ends Wednesday, July 13 at Midnight EDT: Opportunities like these don't come around often. Don't miss out on it The PyImageSearch Team P.S.  Here is a direct link you can use to grab everything we've ever authored for the $2,981 deal. It is only valid until July 13 at Midnight Eastern. P.P.S. Are you not interested in this promotion? No problem, opt-out. To ensure you keep getting these emails, please add both adrian@pyimagesearch.com and success@pyimagesearch.com to your address book or allowlist us. Want out of the loop? Unsubscribe. Our postal address: 317 Commercial St. NE, Ste A, PMB 530, Albuquerque, NM 87102