# Daniel Bourke

> Daniel Bourke is an Australian machine learning engineer, educator, and content creator who teaches over 230,000 students worldwide through the Zero to Mastery Academy. Operating under the brand 'mrdbourke', he built a self-designed AI education path from a film degree and zero coding experience, and now creates courses on PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face. He co-founded Nutrify, an AI-powered food tracking app, with his brother Joshua, and published his debut novel 'Charlie Walks' in 2024. His newsletter 'Eat, Move, Learn, Make' blends personal philosophy with technical insight.

- **Role:** ML Engineer & Instructor at Zero to Mastery / Co-Founder at Nutrify
- **Organizations:** Zero to Mastery Academy, Nutrify, Max Kelsen (former)
- **From:** Brisbane, Australia
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Film, SAE Sydney, Deep Learning Nanodegree, Udacity, Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree, Udacity, Machine Learning Course, Coursera / Andrew Ng, Deep Learning Courses (Self-Designed AI Masters), fast.ai / deeplearning.ai
- **Known for:** Teaches 230,000+ students worldwide through Zero to Mastery Academy, Articles and videos with 5+ million total views, Created learnpytorch.io - described as the internet's most beginner-friendly PyTorch resource

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Records Officer at Queensland Building and Construction Commission
- **2013** — DJ and Professional Entertainer at Decibels Entertainment
- **2015** — Teaching Assistant at Code Camp (kids' coding education)
- **2017** — Began self-teaching coding and AI; enrolled in film school at SAE Sydney
- **2017** — Machine Learning Engineer at Max Kelsen (Australian AI agency)
- **2018** — Documentary 'A Room Full of Lego' wins Best Documentary at Changing Face International Film Festival
- **2019** — Graduated SAE Sydney as valedictorian with Bachelor of Film
- **2019** — Joined Zero to Mastery Academy as ML Engineer & Instructor
- **2020** — Released Complete A.I. Machine Learning and Data Science course; Judge at ATOM Awards
- **2021** — Co-founded Nutrify AI food app with brother Joshua
- **2022** — Released PyTorch for Deep Learning course; launched learnpytorch.io
- **2023** — Released Hugging Face Bootcamp and learnhuggingface.com
- **2024** — Published debut novel 'Charlie Walks'
- **2025** — Nutrify Goes to School initiative launched; Nutrify 2.0 released with 1,070 foods
- **2025** — Married at Tangalooma, Moreton Island (November 25)
- **2026** — Placed 2nd out of ~900 entries in Google MedGemma Impact Challenge with 'Sunny: Private Skin Tracker' app

## Achievements

- Teaches 230,000+ students worldwide through Zero to Mastery Academy
- Articles and videos with 5+ million total views
- Created learnpytorch.io - described as the internet's most beginner-friendly PyTorch resource
- Created learntensorflow.io - 50,000+ word free online book on TensorFlow
- Won Best Documentary at Changing Face International Film Festival (2018) for 'A Room Full of Lego'
- Graduated as valedictorian from SAE Sydney (2019)
- Co-founded Nutrify, an AI food app with 1,070+ foods in database
- Published debut novel 'Charlie Walks' (2024)
- 2nd place out of ~900 entries in Google MedGemma Impact Challenge (2026)
- Self-designed AI Masters Degree curriculum now used as a reference by thousands
- YouTube channel with 65,000+ subscribers
- Built a self-taught path from film degree + zero coding to professional ML engineer

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Blog content focusing on mindset and creative thinking; TensorFlow and PyTorch crash course videos on YouTube
- **2026-03** — Newest AI & ML Monthly Newsletter (issue #73+) featuring latest AI developments
- **2026-01** — Curated 72nd issue of AI + ML Monthly Newsletter with 2025 year-in-review
- **2026-01** — Placed 2nd in Google MedGemma Impact Challenge with 'Sunny: Private Skin Tracker' (co-built with brother Joshua)
- **2025-12** — Nutrify 2.0 released - multi-food detection mode, 552 new foods, food share functionality
- **2025-11** — Married at Tangalooma, Moreton Island
- **2025-05** — Launched Nutrify Goes to School V1 - educational initiative partnering with schools

## Links

- Website: https://www.mrdbourke.com/
- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/mrdbourke
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mrdbourke
- GitHub: https://github.com/mrdbourke
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8O8l5cCX85Oem1d18EezQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrdbourke/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrdbourke/

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Last updated: 2026-04-22