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Lior Ron

Co-founder of Otto (2016), the self-driving truck startup acquired by Uber. Previously Product Lead for Google Maps. Served in Israeli Army Intelligence (1997–2004), earned CS degrees from Technion. After Otto's acquisition, led Uber Freight as its founder and CEO, later COO of Waabi.

Israeli · 1 founding

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Physical AI footprint (3)

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  • Uber Freightverified→
    Former Founder & Former CEO

    [Uber Freight](/companies/uber) is a market-leading enterprise logistics technology company and a reportable segment of [Uber](/companies/uber) Technologies (NY

    Other · $2.3B
  • Ottoverified→
    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

    1 model
  • Googleverified→
    Former Product Lead, Google Maps

    Google (Alphabet, NASDAQ: GOOGL) develops AI, cloud computing, and autonomous driving technology.

    4 verified deployments · Pixel Watch at United States (multiple hotel chains) →21 models

Foundings (1)

  • Ottocofounderno longer at company

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Former / Previously (3)

  • Uber Freight Founder & Former CEOSecondary-verified
  • Otto Co-FounderSecondary-verified
  • Google Product Lead, Google Maps2007-01-01 to 2016-05-01Secondary-verified

Sources (1)

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lior_Ron_(business_executive)

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