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Sebastian Thrun

Pioneer of the self-driving industry. Led Google's self-driving car project (later Waymo). Co-founded Google Brain, Google X, and Udacity. Previously led Kittyhawk (flying-car startup, now defunct). Directed Stanford SAIL. Now founding Dulo.

United States · 2 current roles · 2 foundings

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Physical AI footprint (3)

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  • Duloverified→
    Founder

    Stealth robotics startup founded by [Sebastian Thrun](/people/sebastian-thrun), developing foundation models for hardware design with the goal of enabling manuf

  • Waymoverified→
    Founder

    Waymo is [Alphabet](/companies/alphabet)'s autonomous driving subsidiary.

    Debt Financing · $3B51 verified deployments · Waymo Jaguar I-PACE robotaxi fleet at Singapore →1236 incidents4 models
  • Stanford Universityverified→
    Former Director, Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)

    Stanford University is a leading research university in Stanford, CA, conducting cutting-[Edge](/companies/edge-group) robotics research through the Stanford Ro

    1 model

Current roles (2)

  • Dulo Founder & CEOSecondary-verified
  • Dulo Founder & CEOSecondary-verified

Foundings (2)

  • Dulocofounderno longer at company
  • Waymocofounderno longer at company

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Former / Previously (2)

  • Waymo Founding CEO / Project Lead2009-01-01 to 2013-12-31SEC-verified
  • Stanford University Director, Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)2004-01-01 to 2011-12-31SEC-verified

Sources (1)

  1. https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-pioneer-sebastian-thrun-building-new-robotics-startup-dulo-2026-8

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