Also, I believe the core of the Google self-driving car team was hired from Stanford after they won the DARPA challenge. At the very least the lead was: http:/

Also, I believe the core of the Google self-driving car team was hired from Stanford after they won the DARPA challenge. At the very least the lead was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Thrun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Thrun (I know, not a startup, but it's relevant.)