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Ep. 108: Waymo Goes to Wall Street

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and ⁠Walter Piecyk⁠ discuss Waymo’s first ever debt raise, the latest ⁠The Road to Autonomy Field Reports⁠ and the emergence of London as an autonomy capital. Grayson views the debt raise as a clear signal of aggressive expansion, while Walt sees securing access to capital markets as a…

Ep. 107: We Found Atoms, Rode Wayve and Watched Uber’s Autonomy Clock Speed Up

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and ⁠Walter Piecyk⁠ discuss Grayson’s San Francisco Field Work where he rode in a ⁠Wayve⁠ vehicle on the freeway, compared ⁠Waymo’s⁠ Jaguar I-PACE and Ojai robotaxis back-to-back, attended DoorDash’s Dash Forward event, and found Travis Kalanick’s Atoms autonomous vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. Grayson’s verdict on…

Ep. 106: The Robotaxi Reality Check You Won’t Get From an Investor Deck

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and ⁠Walter Piecyk⁠ discuss their Texas Field Work where they rode in Cybercab, Waymo, Avride, May Mobility robotaxis, Kodiak and Aurora autonomous trucks, and inspected depots across Austin and Dallas. Grayson’s verdict on ⁠Tesla’s⁠ Cybercab is simple. Once you go Cybercab, you don’t go back. In Austin, wait…

Ep. 105: Waymo Takes the World While Tesla Takes the NHTSA Test

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte and ⁠Walter Piecyk⁠ discuss Waymo’s expansion to Tokyo and Singapore, NHTSA’s ongoing audit of Tesla’s Cybercab in Austin and Bolt’s plan to deploy up to 25,000 Lucid robotaxis in Europe. Today, ⁠Tesla⁠ has roughly 40 Cybercabs operating in Austin, and Grayson believes Tesla is respectfully holding at its…

Ep. 104: Jason Calacanis on the Robotaxi Endgame

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk are joined by special guest Jason Calacanis, one of the first investors in Uber, to debate his bull case on Uber, who wins the robotaxi endgame and whether local governments will cap the deployment of autonomous vehicles. Jason earns the first clappy hat of the…