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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 we'll actually, on the sensor dome, we're able to, you know, display icons.

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

So we'll, you know, show you like a little, you know, emoji.

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

Don't put your hand up, yeah.

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

Yeah, and there's people whose job it is to clean cars, they'll come and clean it up.

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

If cleaning is not required and it's just charging, we'll automatically pull into a charging stall and we'll say, hey, I need charging.

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

We don't yet have automated charging.

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

In the future, you can imagine that being fully automated, right?

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

But a person will come in and plug in a cable and the car will charge and they'll say, hey, now I'm ready to go.

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

And it will get unplugged and the car will pull out of its parking stall and then go on its merry way.

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

I don't know.

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

I think there's some questions about efficiency and how that plays into the overall cost and which one will be most cost beneficial remains to be seen, I think.

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

We have wonderful riders.

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

We have the most amazing customers in the world.

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

Generally, I would say they are very good.

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

I think, you know, there is something about, you know, I talked about not having, you know, a person in the car is not somebody else's car.

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

In some ways, you kind of like want to preserve the, I think generally people want to kind of preserve the nice aspects of it.

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

It's kind of like,

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

You know, I think that that's the general trend that we see, right?

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

And it's like, because there's not somebody else's space, you know, you're in it.

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

It feels like it's your own.