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Anthony Levandowski
Self-driving-car engineer who led lidar work on Google's self-driving project (now Waymo), then founded the autonomous-trucking startup Otto in 2016, which Uber acquired months later. He was the central figure in the Waymo v Uber trade-secret case, later pleaded guilty to trade-secret theft (2020), and was pardoned in 2021.
American · 1 current role · 2 foundings
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- Founder
US autonomous-vehicle software company (San Francisco); developer of OEM-agnostic autonomous haulage systems (AHS) for mining and quarrying, including a vision-
- Former Lidar / self-driving engineer (former)
Google (Alphabet, NASDAQ: GOOGL) develops AI, cloud computing, and autonomous driving technology.
- Founder
Otto (Ottomotto) was an American self-driving truck startup founded by Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron, acquired by Uber in [August](/companies/august-robotics
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- Lior Ron co-founded Otto
- Claire Delaunay co-founded Otto
- Don Burnette co-founded Otto
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