Alexandr (Alex) Wang
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, that's crazy to think about.
That did not feel obvious.
The first year, it was like, for the first 12 months, it was like.
one to three people like it was like it was like almost nobody it was like me and like one or two other people working on it for the first year that's it for the first one year and then after the second year we go from that like one to three people and we start hiring more people we get to maybe like 15 or so people and then that third year
We went from 15 or so people to like maybe 100.
And then we were kind of off the road.
Then it was like 100.
And then we were like 200.
And then we kept growing.
And now we're up to like 1,100 people.
But it was like really slow going at first.
And we focused on... First it was...
autonomous driving.
And then starting about three years in, we started focusing on defense and working with the DoD.
What are you guys doing in defense?
So we do a few things.