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John Collison

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587 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

And if you want to do it at scale for full autonomy, it's augmented with all of this other stuff.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

You need both.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Yeah.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

So, you know, having an end-to-end architecture that's augmented with that structure allows you to kind of play in both of those worlds.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

So safety is the primary focus, right?

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

But of course, we also want to be a smooth driver so that for both people in the car and other actors.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

And we also want to be, you know, a predictable, well-behaved one so that it can nicely fit into the whole social ecosystem of our roadways.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

A lot of the ones that you mentioned are just things that we need to work on.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

And understanding, honestly, you said that if we're not dropping you off exactly where you want it to be dropped off, or we don't give you a good interface to tell us, that's on us.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

I just, you know, I gotta make it better.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

I'd say they're all hard.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

You picked freeways and you picked drop-offs.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

For different reasons.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

For drop-offs, you're absolutely right.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

There are a few things that are maybe not obvious.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

You just think about this problem.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

But it's understanding where you want to go and making it as convenient as possible for you.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

And pick-ups from drop-offs, it's not exactly symmetrical.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

But then it was also understanding the context of the situation.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Where do you stop?