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<p>fast.ai is a non-profit research group focused on <a href="/facts/Deep_learning/JLuwD3ea">deep learning</a> and <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a>. It was founded in 2016 by <a href="/facts/Jeremy_Howard_(entrepreneur)/PoM1o6DK">Jeremy Howard</a> and <a href="/facts/Rachel_Thomas_(academic)/wxnHU6J3">Rachel Thomas</a> with the goal of democratizing deep learning. They do this by providing a <a href="/facts/Massive_open_online_course/z26S1kTC">massive open online course</a> (MOOC) named "Practical Deep Learning for Coders," which has no other prerequisites except for knowledge of the programming language <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>. </p>