Siraj Raval

Siraj Raval built one of the most-watched AI education channels on YouTube, accumulating roughly 771,000 subscribers with beginner-to-advanced tutorials spanning machine learning, applied AI, coding, and startups. He also founded School of AI, an open-learning organization aimed at lowering barriers to ML education globally. At peak output he was producing two videos per week, and the channel became a genuine on-ramp for a generation of ML practitioners.

His work has since shifted toward AI product development and freelance consulting. Recent output includes TraderGPT (an AI-powered trading bot builder), WagerGPT (an AI sports analysis tool), and The Arena, billed as an AI accelerator program. His current LinkedIn positioning frames him as a freelance AI/ML engineer helping teams deploy, monitor, and scale models — a pivot from pure content toward commercial product experiments.

There is a significant, well-documented integrity controversy that any evaluation of Raval's work must account for. In 2019 he admitted that approximately 90% of his 'Neural Qubit' research paper was plagiarized from a paper by Nathan Killoran et al., citing a punishing two-video-per-week production schedule. He also drew prior criticism for lifting GitHub code into tutorial videos without attribution. The admission — independently confirmed by Retraction Watch, Analytics India Mag, and The Next Web — led to his removal from School of AI. The pattern is a material data point for anyone engaging with his projects or content.