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Jur van den Berg

Co-founder and CTO of Ike, an autonomous trucking startup. Born 1981 in Groningen, Netherlands. PhD from Utrecht University under Mark Overmars in computational geometry. Previously researched at UC Berkeley, University of Utah, and UNC Chapel Hill. Joined Waabi as VP of Autonomy after Ike was acquired by Nuro in 2021.

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  • Waabiverified→
    Former VP of Autonomy

    Canadian autonomous-trucking company (founded 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, former Uber ATG chief scientist and University of Toronto professor).

    Series C · $750M1 verified deployment · Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck at Texas →1 model
  • Ikeverified→
    Former Co-founder & CTO

    Ike was a self-driving truck startup founded by former Uber autonomous trucking engineers (from Otto).

    $52M raised

Former / Previously (2)

  • Ike Co-founder & CTO
  • Waabi VP of Autonomy2021-06-15 to ?Secondary-verified

Sources (3)

  1. https://www.truckinginfo.com/news/autonomous-truck-developer-ike-emerges-from-stealth-mode
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jur_P._van_den_Berg
  3. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/self-driving-veteran-jur-van-den-berg-joins-waabi

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