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Jan 2024
Tech CEO on the Future of Travel & Technology w/ Adam Goldstein | EP #82
In this episode, Peter and Adam discuss the future of transportation, when we’ll have flying cars, and how vehicle technology will evolve in the coming years.
17:28 | Ready for the Driverless Sky?
30:17 | The Future of Urban Transportation
1:03:23 | Disrupting the Aerospace ... Show More
1h 16m
May 2025
Meet the CEO Bill Gates backs to beat Tesla: Alex Kendall, Wayve.AI
In this episode of Secret Leaders, we sit down with Alex Kendall, co-founder & CEO of Wayve AI — the $1B+ British startup taking on Tesla in the race to build a driverless future. From raising $1.05 billion from Microsoft, SoftBank, and NVIDIA, to reimagining cities with AI-power ... Show More
1h 14m
Feb 2021
Responsible Innovation and Venture Capital
Hemant Taneja, a managing director at General Catalyst and the founder of the firm’s Silicon Valley operations, joins Scott to discuss the venture capital space, why he’s bullish on the healthcare sector, and why responsible innovation is more important than ever. Hemant also sha ... Show More
1h 3m
Feb 2021
(Finally) welcoming the flying car
The future is now! Flying cars to hit the road (and skies) by 2022. Tune in to this episode of the World of Aviation Podcast, where host Adam Thorn, joined in studio by reporter Hannah Dowling, shares the details of the FAA's mammoth decision to certify a hybrid flying car for pe ... Show More
27m 3s
Aug 2024
Building the World's Most Trusted Driver
<p>Waymo's autonomous vehicles have driven over 20 million miles on public roads and billions more in simulation.</p><p>In this episode, a16z General Partner David George sits down with Dmitri Dolgov, CTO at Waymo, to discuss the development of self-driving technology. Dmitri pro ... Show More
38m 36s
May 2017
Tim Kentley-Klay and Jesse Levinson (Zoox) - Self-Driving Cars for Everyone
Tim Kentley-Klay and Jesse Levinson, co-founders of autonomous-vehicle startup Zoox, detail a not-too-distant future when we’ll get into their cars and do nothing other than say where we need to go. In conversation with Stanford Professor of the Practice Tina Seelig, the two entr ... Show More
58m 25s
<p>Show Notes:</p> <p>0:00 Big week for the besties: Friedberg's new raise, Sacks' new fund & more</p> <p>16:30 Innovative venture strategies: internal mark ups, venture studios, deployment strategies</p> <p>30:44 Zymergen's implosion: role of diligence, how to make deep tech sus ... Show More
