3 ms·
And it worked. I must have missed the news when Waymo was spun off, because I didn't realize they were former Google folks until like... last week. I kept wonde
by freehunter 9y ago
And it worked. I must have missed the news when Waymo was spun off, because I didn't realize they were former Google folks until like... last week. I kept wondering where the hell these guys came from and how they suddenly had the money to come up with this super-advanced tech by themselves.
- icebraining 9y agoWhich articles about Waymo did you read that didn't mention its relationship with Google? I've yet to find one.
- lucb1e 9y agoOne might have scrolled by headlines at some point and only subconsciously registered it.
- freehunter 9y agoI'm not actually all that interested in self-driving cars at this point in their development (one can only be excited about a finite number of non-existent things at once), so I haven't been scouring articles, merely skimming (if even that). I've noticed the articles mention Google but figured they're mentioning it because Google also has a self-driving car they're working on. TBH most of the articles I've read that mention Waymo are in relation to their lawsuit with Uber, and many of them say "Alphabet" and not "Google", and Alphabet still doesn't register as Google in my mind.
- Grazester 9y agoWhen they were first spun off I wondered the same thing until I realised it was Google.
- adamking 9y agoWaymo employees are still Googlers effectively. They ride the same buses, eat in the same cafeterias, go to the TGIF meetings, etc.