2025-12-16
Wow. For the car to have zero occupants means Tesla has high confidence they've achieved superhuman safety performance. I assume there's a chase car, just in case the car blocks traffic. That's a standard step on the journey to fully driverless operations. Congrats to the team! [video]
CNBC
Tesla's shares closed at a 2025 high on December 15, after the company confirmed it is testing its driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator
or Riders Howard Smith / Motley Fool : Why Tesla Stock Hit an All-Time High Today Akash Sriram / Reuters : Tesla shares jump as Musk confirms driverless robotaxi testing Stan Schro...
2022-02-02
✨ Big news: @Cruise is now serving members of the public with fully driverless cars in San Francisco. Many thought this would take decades, but it's happening! We're now scaling & you can be one of the first to try a safer, smoother ride-hail service. Read on to learn how 👇 https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Cruise raises $1.35B more from SoftBank Vision Fund and launches a waitlist for a driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco that will run from 11pm to 5am
Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization …
This is a moment many have worked for 5-10 years for. Members of the public are now—finally—experiencing the safety, comfort, and cost benefits that fully driverless cars bring. I can't wait to welcome you and your family to our @Cruise Rider Community! https://getcruise.com/...
TechCrunch
Cruise raises $1.35B more from SoftBank Vision Fund and launches a waitlist for a driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco that will run from 11pm to 5am
Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization …
2021-07-31
I feel like our civilization just unlocked new capabilities in the simulation. https://twitter.com/...
Quanta Magazine
Physicists say they used Google's quantum computer to demo a time crystal, which forever cycles between states without consuming energy, for the first time
Natalie Wolchover / Quanta Magazine :
2021-06-05
This simple email thread went on to create trillions of dollars of value. https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
A 2007 email between Steve Jobs and then Apple SVP of Software Engineering, approving 3rd party iPhone apps and an App Store, surfaces among Epic trial docs
An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple's App Store based suit brought by Epic Games.
2021-05-01
This is fascinating and important work. No labelled data required. https://twitter.com/...
VentureBeat
Facebook details DINO self-supervised AI for object discovery and segmentation in images/videos, and PAWS, a new ML approach to classify poorly labelled images
2021-04-15
The @coinbase IPO represents why I moved to Silicon Valley 11 years ago. A handful of people (@garrytan, @rsg, @alexisohanian, @ycombinator) placed a bet on a tiny and divisive startup. Countless other divisive startups will now benefit, and the Silicon Valley magic continues.
CNBC
Coinbase shares close at $328.28, valuing the company at $85.78B, down from its open of $381; Nasdaq listed shares at $250 before Wednesday's open
- Coinbase's market cap exceeded $100 billion after its debut Wednesday morning on the Nasdaq, though the stock fell later in the day.
2021-03-16
6️⃣ We are ridiculously excited to be joining the @cruise family and work alongside amazing folks like @kvogt, @danielkan, and all Cruisers. The future is going to be wild, we can't wait to build it. Let's go! https://news.voyage.auto/...
The Verge
Cruise acquires Voyage in another autonomous vehicle startup merger; Voyage focuses on fleets of low-speed vehicles making trips to retirement communities
💥 Big news: @voyage is being acquired by @cruise! We've spent the last 4 years building a self-driving service that restores mobility to those who need it most. Now at @cruise, we will continue to do that, but on an insane, global scale. I'm excited! https://news.voyage.auto/...
The Verge
Cruise acquires Voyage in another autonomous vehicle startup merger; Voyage focuses on fleets of low-speed vehicles making trips to retirement communities
2020-07-10
To clarify, “the basic functionality for level five autonomy” does not mean you'll see Tesla's with no drivers behind the wheel this year. It means the features needed for L5 may be built (e.g. traffic light detection), but a human will still need to take over frequently. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Elon Musk claims Tesla is “very close” to developing fully autonomous vehicles despite Tesla's “Full Self Driving” feature not living up to its name since 2016
it hasn't Adrian Potoroaca / TechSpot : Elon Musk: Tesla is close to achieving basic level 5 autonomy for its cars VentureBeat : Elon Musk says Tesla is ‘very close’ to level 5 aut...
2020-07-09
To clarify, “the basic functionality for level five autonomy” does not mean you'll see Tesla's with no drivers behind the wheel this year. It means the features needed for L5 may be built (e.g. traffic light detection), but a human will still need to take over frequently. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Elon Musk claims Tesla is “very close” to developing fully autonomous vehicles despite Tesla's “Full Self Driving” feature not living up to its name since 2016
- The billionaire says it'll have basics worked out this year — Tesla's in an industry race to develop fully self-driven cars
2019-09-13
⚡️ Big news in @voyage land: we raised a $31m Series B! What's next? 🚪 Deliver door-to-door autonomous ride-hail services to communities that need it most 📈 Grow our team of experts 🤫 Expand the G2 fleet & introduce a very special G3 self-driving car https://news.voyage.auto/...
Forbes
Self-driving car startup Voyage, the Udacity spinoff operating taxi fleets in two retirement communities, raises $31M Series B led by Franklin Templeton
Alan Ohnsman / Forbes :