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John Collison

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587 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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

So, it's... Yeah, it's all about the space.

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

And the...

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

convenience of you know ingress and egress and the the screens and the interface of the pasture so we put a lot of thought into every aspect of it so it has sliding doors it's very easy to get in it has a flat floor uh it is yeah if you sit on the back you can like fully stretch out and there's so much space there uh and it it looks you know from the outside you know it looks fairly big yes right but the actual footprint of that

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

It's not bigger.

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

It's barely, barely, barely larger than the I-Pace.

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

So it's kind of amazing that, you know, you walk in and it feels like you're in the living room.

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

Maybe that's to be expected.

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

Well, um...

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

It matches the high, I don't think it was a given, you're right.

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

But if you think about the value proposition, of course there is the safety of it, you don't have to worry about it.

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

There's also the privacy, being in the car by yourself, maybe with other folks, but not having to share that space with another human.

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

No, Wayne has great products.

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

But I guess this is why we're seeing such, you know, consistency in card, you know, drives well, you know, very predictable.

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

And, you know, you can go beyond that, right?

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

And you specialize even more to make the experience even more magical around the rider.

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

But I guess it's, you know, it would have been disappointing if, you know, without the specialized card.

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

And I think I would have been surprised if we leveled off, you know, at some other much lower level of customer adoption.

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

Because, you know,