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> The CEO at Luminar, Russell, is 25. At age 17 he received a Thiel fellowship to build out Luminar. Does the Thiel fellowship mean he dropped out of College?
by shinyFeature 6y ago
> The CEO at Luminar, Russell, is 25. At age 17 he received a Thiel fellowship to build out Luminar.
Does the Thiel fellowship mean he dropped out of College? I am not familiar with the founder but this feels odd and wrong to me given it's describing a (technical?)founder for a autonomous driving startup? Fully autonomous driving is a really hard technical problem and I believe you need a deep understanding of many advanced topics understand the boundaries of this space, yet alone innovate.
- zitterbewegung 6y agoYes, that was the point of the Thiel fellowship. It gives out grants if you apply for people who decide to drop out / not go to college and pursue something ambitious.
- apsec112 6y agoYes, Austin Russell dropped out of Stanford.
- vmception 6y agoHaha money printer go brrrrrr Honestly the only news is who is running that SPAC
- paxys 6y agoA four year undergrad degree would not get him that deep understanding.