If you look at the evidence Google presented, I'm really not convinced he thought things through at all. For someone seemingly trying to do something illegal,

If you look at the evidence Google presented, I'm really not convinced he thought things through at all. For someone seemingly trying to do something illegal, he's been curiously inept: > Summer 2015 - Anthony Levandowski told Pierre-Yves Droz, a colleague at Waymo, that he had talked with an Uber executive about forming a self-driving car startup and that Uber would be interested in buying that startup. .. whole bunch of stuff around retrieving the design data from Waymo/Google ... > January 5, 2016 - Levandowski took a walk with Droz. In Pierre-Yves’ deposition, he claims that Levandowski “told him that he planned to ‘replicate’ Waymo’s technology at a new company he was forming.” (Droz 27) .. another bit of downloading .. > January 14, 2016 - Levandowski was seen meeting at Uber’s headquarters and the news travelled back to Droz. Droz asked Levandowski about this, and he admitted he had met with Uber and was looking for investors for his new company. (Droz 29, Filing 48) > January 15, 2016 - Levandowski officially forms 280 Systems (in stealth mode). Note that this was one day after his meeting with Uber. (Filing 49) > January 27, 2016 - Levandowski resigns from Waymo without notice. (Filing 49) > February 1, 2016 - Levandowski forms Otto Trucking (this is also in stealth mode). (Filing 49)