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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 you don't like want to mess up, you know, your own space.

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

I think, I mean, I don't want to speculate too much on the psychology of things.

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

However, I will say that it varies.

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

And you can imagine, you know, a college town on a Saturday night.

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

And, you know, that's a different distribution.

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

Yes, yes.

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

Will I...

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

Uh, eventually it will.

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

Absolutely.

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

Right.

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

There's no doubt in my mind.

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

I think it's just a matter of, uh, when and you know, what modality would make the most commercial sense.

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

Right.

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

Right.

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

It's not a technical problem.

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

I mean, you know, technology is solved, but then, you know, if you're in the middle of nowhere and there's just not enough density of the

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

trips does it make sense for the right healing service that you know waymo is running to you know have cars on standby yes yes um probably not right they can be deployed you know somewhere else and you probably don't want you know a horribly bad eta and this is where you know personally owned vehicle that is equipped with the waymo driver is maybe you know how you will see it materialized

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

So the first thing I think, you know, that you mentioned is, you know, that's a huge deal.

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

I just think about traffic jams.

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

Yep.