And that also helps explain why Thrun isn t doing Udacity under the auspices of Google. He says that Udacity does fit quite easily into Google s mission of making the world s information available for free, but that at the same time Google doesn t need a dog in this particular fight. Having a clean slate is a better way to start, says Thrun. The last thing I want is people asking whether Google is disrupting education. Better to ask if Sebastian is trying to disrupt education.