08.27.17 Recap
Uber Picks Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as chief executive officer
Fiat Chrysler joins BMW-Intel self-driving car alliance
Inside Waymo's Secret World for Training Self-Driving Cars
Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car
Winner-takes all effects in autonomous cars
The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial
Such good commentary from Venkat.
The Boring Company is building a hyperloop
Tesla developing self-driving tech for semi-truck
The New Copycats: How Facebook Squashes Competition From Startups
Amazon launches Macie - a new platform powered by machine learning
Handheld spectral analyzer turns smartphone into diagnostic tool
Love to see great work come out of the Big10!
Deep Learning for Siri’s Voice: On-device Deep Mixture Density Networks for Hybrid Unit Selection Synthesis
Amazon will put 1,600 Echo Dots in Arizona State University’s engineering student dorms
Interesting move by Amazon and great experience for students to get some practical experience with emerging technologies. Would be cool to see more companies follow suit in a similar fashion.
The Coinbase Seed Round Pitch Deck
Always enjoy taking a look back to the beginning. Offers some perspective into how far things have come and all the hard work that goes into making great companies great. Also, did I catch a word cloud in there? 😉 Keep up the good work Coinbase!
Similarly, Garrett Camp offers a look into The Beginning of Uber after sharing one of their original pitch decks
Google launches Chrome Enterprise subscription service for Chrome OS
Google Cloud pushes further into the enterprise.
Walmart, Kroger & Nestle Team with IBM Blockchain to Fight Food Poisoning
And a lot happening in mobility:
Uber Weighed Changes to Autonomous Vehicle Unit
Uber in talks with NSW government to fill Sydney's public transport gaps
Ford, China's Zotye Auto plan JV to build electric vehicles
Infiniti unveils all-electric concept with next-gen Nissan Leaf technology
Cloud driver profiles mean any Tesla could automatically become your Tesla
Volkswagen is finally putting an electric Microbus into production
Waymo patents flexible vehicle that loses rigidity in accident event
GM's Maven assembling building blocks for ride, delivery services