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Kyle Vogt: Cruise Automation
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A prize purse is not the whole research investment
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A retrofit must work with the whole vehicle
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Fleet utilisation includes travel without a paying passenger
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Improving performance and demonstrating safety require different evidence
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Deployment forecasts also depend on sustained funding
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Deal value does not reveal a founder’s proceeds
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Kyle Vogt: Cruise Automation
14 discussions · Timestamps from the YouTube edition
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0:00–2:36 (external site)
Fridman introduces Vogt, who recalls school robotics, BattleBots and his early interest in building machines.
Entrepreneurship
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2:36–5:23 (external site)
Vogt describes lessons from successive BattleBots designs and the practical limits of his early components.
Entrepreneurship
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5:23–10:06 (external site)
Vogt recalls learning BASIC on an Apple II and imagining ways a vehicle could navigate a road.
Entrepreneurship
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10:06–14:28 (external site)
Vogt discusses learning technical tools, then recalls joining an MIT team for the DARPA challenge.
Entrepreneurship
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14:28–19:15 (external site)
Vogt discusses the impact of the DARPA challenges and taking time away from MIT to work on Justin.tv.
Entrepreneurship
Research note: A prize purse is not the whole research investment →
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19:15–22:54 (external site)
Vogt recalls a networking failure during the Justin.tv launch and the pressure to resolve it.
Entrepreneurship
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22:54–27:41 (external site)
Vogt explains his goals in founding Cruise and its move from a highway-driving retrofit prototype to fully driverless cars.
Entrepreneurship
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27:41–32:37 (external site)
Vogt explains the integration and market problems with retrofits, then discusses working inside General Motors.
Entrepreneurship
Research note: A retrofit must work with the whole vehicle →
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32:37–37:17 (external site)
Vogt discusses combining automotive manufacturing experience with software development and spreading vehicle costs across fleet use.
Entrepreneurship
Research note: Fleet utilisation includes travel without a paying passenger →
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37:17–41:41 (external site)
Vogt discusses possible fleet services, passenger comfort and the limits of adjusting driving behaviour, then considers road rage.
Entrepreneurship
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41:41–46:22 (external site)
Vogt describes incremental work on difficult driving situations and his ambition to improve beyond human performance; Fridman asks about deployment timelines.
Entrepreneurship
Research note: Improving performance and demonstrating safety require different evidence →
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46:22–50:18 (external site)
Vogt describes limits on deployment, offers a five-year forecast and discusses passion, persistence and survivor bias in startup success.
Entrepreneurship
Research note: Deployment forecasts also depend on sustained funding → Research note: Deal value does not reveal a founder’s proceeds →
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50:18–53:57 (external site)
Vogt discusses startup funding and Y Combinator, then reflects on losing interest in his work at Twitch.
Entrepreneurship
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53:57–55:24 (external site)
Vogt closes with his 2019 goals for Cruise and the challenge of moving from prototypes to production.
Entrepreneurship
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