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Those founders were stuck at Google after their acquisition weren’t they? (The article implies that but I honestly don’t know.) The “talent” they brought with t

Those founders were stuck at Google after their acquisition weren’t they? (The article implies that but I honestly don’t know.) The “talent” they brought with them to Google was held back from working for other robotics companies by the 4 year vesting requirement. I can see where your idea has merit in the long term, google seems to have set back robotics by 4 years or so in the short term.

OliverJones 9y ago
Hmm. Stuck? Shackled with golden handcuffs, it seems. It's not like they were locked up at San Quentin. There's a lot of money chasing some ideas. I wonder if tech would develop faster if there were a little less money involved?
- ethbro 9y ago
  > I wonder if tech would develop faster if there were a little less money involved? Robotics is probably on the edge of this, between software (where it's probably true) and less-smart hardware (where it's probably false). Having worked at a robotics lab, budget absolutely comes into play when you know what you need, but it's a custom part from a single vendor.