Episode 60: Revolutionizing and Democratizing Autonomous Driving 

Alex Kendall, founder and CEO of Wayve, a UK-based company with $1.3 billion of funding from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Softbank and Uber, discusses Wayve’s head start in end-to-end AI for driving, its efficient training and run-time architecture, and its suitability to any car manufacturer. 

 

00:00 Welcome to Tech Cars Machines 

01:32 Introduction to Alex Kendall and Wayve 

02:00 Wayve’s Autonomous Technology Explained 

04:21 The End-to-End AI Approach 

06:54 Wayve’s Data Efficiency and Learning 

09:13 Alex Kendall’s Background and Journey 

12:07 Wayve’s Path to Commercialization 

23:22 Wayve’s Competitive Edge and Market Position 

25:41 Adoption and Consumer Perception of Autonomous Vehicles 

31:56 Customization and OEM Integration 

35:51 Future of Autonomous Driving and Industry Impact 

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Can your AI make life-and-death decisions? Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot can.  Does your AI vendor take legal responsibility for those life-and-death decisions? Mercedes does.  Drive Pilot is the only certified Level 3 passenger car system globally.  Georges Massing, global head of the company’s automated driving and cabin technologies, tells us how.  We hear his thoughts on how the technology ecosystem can work with Mercedes.

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Mercedes-Benz’s global website is here.  Host: Ali Tabibian of GTK Partners.

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(0:00) Introduction to Mercedes

(4:05) Introduction to Georges Massing

(12:50) The Mercedes brand

(17:42) The user interface

(23:25) Autonomy

(44:38) Mercedes & the ecosystem

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