Waymo

4 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2025 by Boris Sofman · said 25 times in 9 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Jul 16, 2025
Insight
Sofman: Autonomous driving AI must optimize for worst case, not average case
“This is one of those where oftentimes you think of like AI or products where it's like, yeah, get it out there and iterate. This is one of those where you're optimizing for the worst case, not the average case. This isn't search where you give some bogus resul…”
Boris Sofman Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 8:06 How AI Robots Are Taking Over Construction · Joe Lonsdale
Jul 16, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Sofman: Early CMU robotics talent seeded Waymo, Aurora, and Uber ATG
“A lot of the people around that time ended up being the seeds that then propagated to all the, Grand Challenge, Urban Challenge, and then Waymo, Aurora, Uber, ATG.”
Boris Sofman Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 2:58 How AI Robots Are Taking Over Construction · Joe Lonsdale
Jul 16, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Sofman: Waymo has driven 70M+ miles and is 5x safer than humans
“Today, like there's over seventy million miles and statistically it's five times safer than a human. It's like genuinely like it is saving lives from a, on a, from a statistical basis.”
Boris Sofman Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 11:08 How AI Robots Are Taking Over Construction · Joe Lonsdale
Sep 15, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Meyer: Waymo's Biggest Business Will Be Built in Texas
“I think it's super entertaining that, you know, Waymo, which is you know, owned by Google, self-driving cars, it's very much a Bay Area company. But the place where they're doing the best and where they're going to have a massive business is Texas.”
Max Meyer Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 24:24 The One Thing AI Will Never Replace · Joe Lonsdale
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