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This Week in Startups · 2026-05-15 · 73 min · 14,064 words

The Self-Driving Startup Nobody Saw Coming | E2289

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We pioneered end-to-end learning when it was widely dismissed. Self-driving in a way that economically scales the world is not is not solved. Our partnership is not up to 25,000, is over 25,000, or in other words, a minimum of 25,000. Our volume is like double the cars Tesla builds a year. And that's just one of our partners.

And if you're a manufacturer selling a car that doesn't have this, I think your demand is really going to fall off a cliff. Every car is being intelligently driven by a machine that never blinks. You know, you'll pay for your own private chauffeur that that that's in your car. Uber tried to buy you. Web is not for sale for anybody.

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