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The self-driving car project that came from Google X sparked the huge investment in autonomous vehicles, and gave Google a huge head start. In addition, they po
by pgodzin 10y ago
The self-driving car project that came from Google X sparked the huge investment in autonomous vehicles, and gave Google a huge head start. In addition, they positioned themselves well with a large investment in Uber. The moonshot has succeeded/will succeed from a technological sense. Now they just need the right go-to-market approach.
- jayjay71 10y agoWhile I don't disagree with you, I think the real credit goes to Dr. Tony Tether who was the director of DARPA for the duration of the self-driving car competitions. He set aside money for the races and helped design them. After the last race in 2007 Google acquired most of their talent from various teams.
- pgodzin 10y agoDefinitely, but to me it seems like Google was responsible for jumping on it and taking it from university research projects to a viable "moonshot." So it's much less waiting for a moonshot - they already have it - more just waiting for the launch