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In today's episode, Stefan Heck, founder and CEO of Nauto joins us to talk about recent research by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute which evaluated the capabilities of various fleet safety solutions. Follow the Loaded and Rolling Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Stefan Heck, founder and CEO of Nauto joins us to talk about recent research by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute which evaluated the capabilities of various fleet safety solutions. Follow the Loaded and Rolling Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024 was once again a transformative year for The Insurance Podcast. We were at more events than ever, we met more people than we can remember and produced more content including videos from some of our events and interviews. In this episode:A review of the year by the hostsFavorite people we met and talked toInterview quotes that all seem to align to where the industry is going and how to get thereOur wish list of trends for 2025Some stories (not incriminating)Industry analysisSit back and take in the year that was through events and guests, thoughts and perspectives and tell us what you want to see, hear and experience for 2025!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Get ready for a trucking safety revolution! This episode of FreightWaves' Loaded and Rolling dives into how AI and in-cabin cameras are changing the game for fleet safety. Learn how Nauto's technology identifies distracted drivers, reduces accidents, and improves driver coaching. Discover the "oh crap moment" that helps drivers learn from their mistakes and prevent future catastrophes. Although there are privacy considerations, the benefits of preventing serious injuries and fatalities are undeniable. Is this the end of distracted driving in trucks? Watch and find out! This episode also covers: How AI vision learning identifies common distractions The 80/20 rule for identifying high-risk drivers The importance of driver coaching Balancing safety with privacy concerns Watch more Loaded and Rolling: Thursdays at 2 pm Eastern on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Sign up for the Freightwaves newsletter for exclusive content
In today's episode Stefan Heck, CEO of Nauto joins us to talk about the technology and processes behind fleet vehicle safety technology and how artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing how fleets handle safety. Follow the Loaded and Rolling Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Stefan Heck, CEO of Nauto joins us to talk about the technology and processes behind fleet vehicle safety technology and how artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing how fleets handle safety. Follow the Loaded and Rolling Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stefan Heck discusses how NAUTO uses real-time AI to predict and prevent driving risks, significantly reducing collisions in commercial fleets. He shares his journey from founding Nauto to leveraging technology for life-saving innovations. Learn about the challenges faced in integrating AI into vehicles, the behavioral psychology behind driver interventions, and the profound impact of reducing road accidents. Discover how AI is transforming vehicle safety and reshaping the driving experience for commercial fleets.
Preventing distracted driving can dramatically reduce the volume of vehicle collisions, saving lives and reducing claims costs. In the latest episode of the Predict & Prevent podcast, Pete Miller, CEO of The Institutes, sits down with Dr. Stefan Heck, CEO and Founder of Nauto, to discuss the future of transportation safety and the role of AI in preventing collisions. Stefan shared insights into Nauto's mission to reduce collision rates by two-thirds and provide invaluable data for insurers, vehicle manufacturers and companies with commercial fleets.Pete and Stefan discuss why driver distraction is Nauto's focus. How collision statistics undercount the prevalence of distracted driving. The role of AI and deep learning in collision prevention. Nauto's technology and methodology. Challenges and opportunities with insurance integration. And the future of automotive safety.Resources:Nauto website: https://www.nauto.com/Predict & Prevent website: www.predictandprevent.orgSign up for our weekly Predict & Prevent newsletter: www.predictandprevent.org/newsletter
Stefan Heck shares his perspective on AI, how it has evolved, and some of the concerns that might be unfounded. Drawing on his experience using neural networks Stefan presents ideas and concepts that could solve many problems related to the use of cars, and ultimately insurance. The results are staggering about what has been learned about changing human behaviors and how society benefits from improved safety on the roads with technology that is preventative not reactive.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Stefan Heck, Founder & CEO, NAUTO joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how NAUTO's predictive-AI software is helping to reduce distracted driving. The conversation begins with Stefan discussing what he saw in the market when he founded the company in 2015 and what he learned from collision data. There is nothing as dangerous as distracted driving. – Stefan HeckAccording to NAUTO's propriety data, on average, a commercial driver is distracted 7 times per driving hour, equating to roughly every 9 minutes. To help mitigate the distracted driving risk and reduce potential crashes, the NAUTO system monitors drivers behaviors and offers audio cues to gain the drivers attention. With-in the first week of using NAUTO, about 80% of all the distractions and nearly 100% of the severe long distractions are eliminated. – Stefan HeckThe system acts as a virtual coach that keeps drivers engaged while driving, giving them feedback in real-time on their driving behavior. The feedback comes in the form of a virtual coach that inspires change. When a driver realizes that their behavior as dangerous, they are more likely to change that behavior. In the data NAUTO has seen 80% to 90% of the drivers drop their risk behavior based on feedback from the virtual coach.This virtual coach, predictive-AI system is able to identify potential dangerous scenarios because it has been trained on 3 billion miles with over 200,000 high-risk driving events. The accuracy of all of these interventions is really important. There's nothing as upsetting as telling you, hey there is a bicycle here and there is no bicycle. Or you are tailgating and there is nobody in front of you. So, we spent years making sure that all of detectors, all of our interventions are super accurate. – Stefan HeckIf the system is not accurate, drivers will begin to distrust the system and figure out a way to turn it off. This behavior is common amongst individuals who own vehicles with lane-keep assist. They simply turn it off because it's inaccurate and annoying. A system that is accurate is a system that works and does it job to help avoid dangers driving scenarios. NAUTO's system caught the attention of Stellantis, as the company invested with a plan to offer the system in their commercial fleet vehicles. At first the system will use the NAUTO hardware and in the future, the software system will run natively on the vehicles by leveraging the on-board sensors without the NAUTO hardware. In addition to Stellantis, NAUTO has a partnership with Brightdrop where fleets can order can order the system pre-installed directly from the factory today. As robo-taxis scale around the world, the NAUTO system could be used for occupant detection and safety routing applications. As autonomy grows, NAUTO's market grows. Wrapping up the conversation, Stefan shares his opinion on the future of AI as it relates to mobility.Follow The Road To Autonomy on Apple PodcastsFollow The Road To Autonomy on LinkedInFollow The Road To Autonomy on TwitterRecorded on Wednesday, July 5, 2023See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Our guest on this week's episode is Dr. Stefan Heck, CEO and founder of Nauto, a technology company that improves safety for fleet drivers. June is National Safety Month. Drivers on our nation's roads have less than two seconds to react to most situations that can result in an accident, injury, or even death. But there are technologies available that incorporate artificial intelligence to help assure safety on our roadways. Our guest shares how these new technologies alert commercial drivers to unsafe conditions before they happen.We have seen the rise of manufacturing here in the U.S. as many companies are bringing their production back from Asia to North America. New research this week reveals how manufacturers are feeling about the current conditions for reshoring. The newest DC Measures study is out. Produced by WERC in conjunction with DC Velocity, the research tracks the latest developments in distribution strategies and operational metrics. This allows companies to benchmark the performance of their warehouses as well as to track industry trends.DC Velocity's sister publication CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly offers a podcast series called Supply Chain in the Fast Lane. It is co-produced with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. A new eight-part series on Transportation Tech has launched. Go to your favorite podcast platform to subscribe and to listen to past and future episodes.Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:NautoManufacturing firms complain about interest rates, economic conditions, and the talent shortageWERC releases the 2023 DC Measures reportVisit DCVelocity.com for the latest news Get episode transcriptsVisit Supply Chain QuarterlyListen to CSCMP and Supply Chain Quarterly's Supply Chain in the Fast Lane podcastListen to Supply Chain Quarterly's Top 10 Supply Chain Threats podcastSend feedback about this podcast to podcast@dcvelocity.comPodcast is sponsored by: PERC: The Propane Research CouncilOther linksAbout DC VELOCITYSubscribe to DC VELOCITYSign up for our FREE newslettersAdvertise with DC VELOCITYTop 10 Supply Chain Management Podcasts
0:00 -- Intro.2:00 -- Start of interview.2:28 -- Karen's "origin story".3:24 -- Her management career at Procter & Gamble, Bain & Co (focusing on property and casualty insurance), Berol, GM, ICG and Ford (where she led the Corporate Venture Capital Group).11:12 -- Her transition to SF/Bay Area and tech as CEO of Publicis & Hal Riney and AcademixDirect.13:23 -- Distinctions between operating in startups and public companies.14:20 -- On her board journey:Past board positions: portfolio companies from Ford's Corporate Venture Capital Group, Hanover Insurance (NYSE), AutoNation (NYSE), Circle Graphics, Telenav (ex Nasdaq), Dynamic Signal, and Renivent TechPartners Y (SPAC on Nasdaq).Current Board positions: Nauto, Metawave, Wind River, TPG Global (*Sr Advisor), CelLink (Chair), Vontier (Chair)(NYSE) and Polestar (Nasdaq).16:57 -- On distinctions between PE-backed and VC-backed company boards (and the role of independent directors in each).21:00 -- On serving as a director of a SPAC company (and distinctions between SPAC companies and the resulting public company from de-SPAC transactions. She's served on both capacities: with Reid Hoffman's Renivent TechPartners Y and Polestar (joining after it went public via a de-SPAC transaction).24:34 -- On serving in international company boards.30:50 -- The challenges and opportunities of the automotive industry's transition to EV. The impact of Tesla and Government incentives.36:02 -- On the role of Chair and/or lead independent directors. "Fundamentally, the Chair or Lead Independent Director is the CEO's Person."39:19 -- On the separation of the Chair and CEO roles. 41:47 -- Her advice on board evaluations.45:50-- Her take on ESG and the anti-ESG backlash. "The #1 target audience for this work is the employee base." "In today's world, talent is one of the most important and scarce assets that a company has, and any shareholder should care if the company is retaining talent."51:49 -- The books that have greatly influenced her life: The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, by Paul Kennedy (1987)Her Economics and French books in college.52:57 -- Her mentors, and what she learned from them. John Smale, former CEO of P&G and Chair of GM.Shelly Zimbler, former head of sales at P&G.53:56 -- Quotes she thinks of often or lives his life by: "Life is short."54:58 -- An unusual habit or an absurd thing that he loves: wine making. She owns a winery, Limerick Lane Cellars, in Healdsburg, California.56:42 -- On the impact of the collapse of SVB in the wine and tech industry.59:39 -- The living person she most admires: Oprah Winfrey.Karen C. Francis is a Silicon Valley based corporate director with a strong track record of successfully building companies and businesses across multiple industries. Karen has deep domain knowledge in the automotive and advertising sectors and has embraced the opportunities that technology disruption is creating globally.__ You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
Brought to you by Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security | Public—Invest in stocks, treasuries, crypto, and more | LMNT—Zero-sugar hydration—Shweta Shrivastava is a Senior Product Leader at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company backed by Alphabet. Prior to joining Waymo, she was the CPO of Nauto, where she also worked on AI-assisted driver tools. Shweta has worked in product for over 15 years in senior roles at several companies, including Amazon and Cisco. In today's episode, we discuss:• How Waymo builds trust with riders• Product management at Waymo vs software-only products• The state of self-driving technology• The importance of being a disruptor and why large companies need to disrupt more• Underrated product management skills—Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/product-lessons-from-waymo-shweta-shrivastava-waymo-amazon-cisco/#transcript—Where to find Shweta Shriva• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shshrivastava/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Shweta's background(03:47) What Shweta and her team are responsible for at Waymo(05:30) About the autonomous driving vehicle hardware, software, and simulation tools (08:14) Differences in working at Waymo vs. a more traditional software company(11:02) How Waymo builds trust with riders and the difference between driver assist and fully autonomous(13:57) An example of how Waymo builds trust with riders(15:55) The commercial, operational, and system behavior metrics Waymo uses (20:38) What are L5 autonomous vehicles and why Shweta thinks L4 vehicles are good enough(22:53) How to keep investors enthusiastic when it's a long-term investment(25:24) Building successful teams and successful products(26:39) Determining what you're not building, especially before product-market-fit(27:49) Why large companies need to disrupt their own models (29:33) The most underrated product management skills(33:07) Tips for getting promoted(35:19) Where is Waymo and how to try it out(36:46) Lightning round—Referenced:• Waymo: https://waymo.com/• Nauto: https://www.nauto.com/• Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Backwards-Insights-Stories-Secrets/dp/1250267595• Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers: https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-3rd-Disruptive-Mainstream/dp/0062292986• The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation/dp/1633691780• Top Gun: Maverick on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Top-Gun-Maverick-Tom-Cruise/dp/B0B18G8R9B—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
Being a woman in a predominantly male industry can be challenging at times – and seeking the advice of successful women eng leaders can help inspire you to be bold! In this episode, we feature three women who shared their leadership stories & advice at ELC Annual: Annie Cheng, VP of Engineering @ Waymo; Claire Hough, CTO @ Carbon Health; and Lisa Gelobter, CEO and Founder @ tEQuitable. They discuss their career moves, along with strategies for combating disrespect in the workplace, finding work-life balance, overcoming imposter syndrome, and more. Mediated by Arezoo Riahi (Head of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity @ Waymo), this is a high-energy episode you won't want to miss!This is a featured session from ELC Annual 2022 - check out all of the sessions here: elc.community/public/contentABOUT ANNIE CHENGAnnie (@annie_h_cheng) is a VP of Engineering at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they are going. Prior to Waymo, Annie was a VP of Engineering at Nauto, an AI-powered automotive data platform that is improving the safety of commercial fleets today and the autonomous fleets of tomorrow. Before Nauto, Annie was VP of engineering at Yahoo responsible for the multi-billion dollar Web Search and Search Advertising business. Annie has a CS BA degree from Berkeley and MS degree from CMU."Sometimes great opportunities are not conventional!"- Annie Cheng ABOUT CLAIRE HOUGHAs CTO of Carbon Health, Claire leads engineering bringing over 25 years of experience as a technology leader. She has helped over a half dozen companies grow and scale to deliver impact-driving products and services, including Netscape, Napster, Nextag, and Udemy. Claire was named in the Forbes CIO Next List, which recognizes 50 top tech leaders who help shape the future of business and drive game-changing innovation. She is a Limited Partner at Operative Collective."Don't let anyone take you down. Give yourself credit, have the resilience, and go after what you are looking for.”- Claire Hough ABOUT LISA GELOBTERLisa Gelobter (@LisaGelobter) is the CEO and Founder of tEQuitable. Using technology to make workplaces more equitable, tEQuitable provides a confidential platform to address bias, discrimination, and harassment.Lisa has worked on products that have been used by billions of people and pioneered several Internet technologies, including Shockwave, Hulu, and the ascent of online video.Previously, at the Obama White House, Lisa was the Chief Digital Service Officer for the Department of Education, and prior to that she served as the Chief Digital Officer for BET Networks at Viacom.Lisa has been named one of Inc.'s 100 Women Building America's Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses, Fast Company's Most Creative People, and serves on boards for: the Obama Foundation, Times Up, and The Education Trust.Lisa is one of the first 40 Black women ever to have raised over $1mm in VC funding. She is also proud to be a Black woman with a Computer Science degree. Go STEM!"The message that I would like to convey is your otherness is what makes you unique and special. It's gonna make you a better engineer."- Lisa Gelobter ABOUT AREZOO RIAHIArezoo Riah (@arezooriahi) is the first dedicated Head of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (EID) at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they're going.In her role, Arezoo is responsible for driving and executing a holistic EID strategy, helping Waymo continue recruiting, hiring and championing diversity. As a subject matter expert, Arezoo works closely with the executive team to build Waymo as a company where everyone belongs.Prior to Waymo, Arezoo led the diversity and belonging programs at Autodesk, where she evolved employee resource groups, designed inclusive hiring training, and launched global mentorship programming. She was also responsible for developing Autodesk's diversity analytics, launching the company's diversity dashboard to understand trends and hot spots, and leading diversity communications. Prior to Autodesk, Arezoo also held roles in the nonprofit sector, notably serving as Director of TechWomen, an initiative providing professional development to women across the globe, and working with the U.S. Department of State.Arezoo holds a Masters in Public Policy from The University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from The George Washington University.Looking for ways to support the show?Send a link to the show to your marketing team! https://sfelc.com/podcastsIf your company is looking to gain exposure to thousands of engineering leaders and key decision-makers, we have sponsorship opportunities available.To explore sponsor opportunities, email us at sponsor@sfelc.comInterested in joining an ELC Peer Group?ELCs Peer Groups provide a virtual, curated, and ongoing peer learning opportunity to help you navigate the unknown, uncover solutions and accelerate your learning with a small group of trusted peers.Apply to join a peer group HERE: sfelc.com/peerGroupsSHOW NOTES:Why Claire jumped into a brand new industry at Carbon Health (2:31)How Annie transitioned to the autonomous vehicles industry at Waymo (4:41)What inspired Lisa to found tEQuitable after working for the Obama White House (7:38)Annie's big risk transitioning to search advertising & challenges faced (10:31)Why Claire decided to move from engineering to product management (14:52)Strategies for being bold & combating disrespect in the workplace (20:09)Finding the balance between personal & professional life (22:48)Advice for celebrating your wins (29:27)Audience Q&As: tips for overcoming imposter syndrome (32:40)Evaluate risk with a decision-making matrix (35:38)What happens when you have a bad boss (39:48)Lightning round – Claire, Annie, and Lisa's best advice for women (42:12)
November 14, 2022 | GM sees EVs profitable by 2025; Nauto CEO Stefan Heck by Automotive News
Pirmosios naujo sezono „Be filtro“ svečias – grupės „ba.“ lyderis Benas Aleksandravičius. Valandos trukmės pokalbis apie ką tik išleistą naują „ba.“ albumą „Nauto“, darbą televizijoje, Nidos magiją ir kitus dalykus. Ved. Ramūnas Zilnys
In this episode of the B2B Leadership podcast, best-selling author and leadership coach Nils Vinje speaks with Eric Valasek, Senior Director of Engineering at Nauto. Podcast highlights: 0:19 - Eric's background - Eric explains his role at Nauto. 3:05 - First leadership position - How did Eric transition from an individual contributor to a leader? 8:25 - Freedom to fail - How is that environment fostered within a team? 12:37 - Bottlenecks - How do they apply to Eric on the engineering and leadership side of things? 14:38 - Identifying bottlenecks - What tools and strategies are used for this? 19:00 - Technical and personal parallels - How are personal bottlenecks handled differently than technical ones? 26:47 - Important leadership qualities - What does Eric look for in a team member? 31:40 - One-on-one meetings - There's one important question that gets asked every time. 34:32 - Eric's advice to himself - What advice would Eric give his younger self? Learn more about your own leadership style at: https://www.30dayleadership.com/ This episode is brought to you by the B2B Leaders Academy The cost of not consistently developing your leadership skills is enormous. At the B2B Leaders Academy you can gain access to monthly leadership training and live coaching. Being a great leader isn't hard, you just need a guide and the right set of tools. Head on over to b2bleadersacademy.com and become the leader you have always wanted to be.
Shweta Shrivastava is Senior Product Leader at Waymo, leading product management for autonomous driving capabilities. Key topics in this conversation include: Waymo's mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they're going Benefits of focusing on fully automated driving Keys to successful product management How Waymo is learning from real-world applications, including their fleet in Phoenix How Shweta is leveraging experience gained in past roles with Nauto, Amazon, Cisco, and McKinsey Links: · Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/shwetashrivastava · Shweta's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shshrivastava/ · Waymo's website: https://waymo.com/ Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/ Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Sanket Akerkar has 20 years of leadership experience in the software industry. Most recently, he was the SVP of Fleet and Insurance at Nauto where he led their global sales, marketing, and services functions. Before Nauto, he spent 14 years at Microsoft in multiple senior leadership positions including VP Global Enterprise, Chief Evangelist of the United States, and Managing Director of Microsoft India. Sanket started his career at McKinsey & Co.
Save Lives. Save Money. Now. Nauto has the only real-time, AI-enabled fleet and driver safety platform that helps predict, prevent and end distracted driving. Piyush serves as the product director and he has incredibly insight to share.
Affectiva CEO Dr. Rana el Kaliouby interviews Jennifer Haroon, Executive in Residence at Greylock Partners. Jennifer has an illustrious career in automotive: most recently she was COO and interim CFO at Nauto, and prior the Head of Business Operations for Waymo. This conversation was the result of Affectiva’s recent collaboration with the organization Women in Autonomy to help drive change by highlighting the success of amazing women in automotive. While many women are rising through the ranks and doing incredible things in this industry, they are still underrepresented in the highest positions. So, we are hosting a new series of livestream events called “Women at the Wheel," together with Women in Autonomy, where Rana will have a dynamic conversation with a female leader in automotive, exploring their unique journey, the challenges they have had to navigate, how they’ve sought out mentors and allies, and paths to leadership.Read more about Women in Autonomy.
Our guest Reilly Brennan is co-founder of Trucks Venture Capital, a highly respected outfit based in San Francisco that invests in future technologies for the transportation industry. Truck VC investments in autonomous vehicle technologies have proven exceptionally strong, including early round placements in Nutonomy, Nauto, Cruise, DeepScale and May Mobility and others. In this episode, we ask Reilly for his perspective on when robotaxis will become a widespread reality, which companies are leading the industry and why Tesla seems to be zigging when everyone else is zagging.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/
A look at the current state of innovation in transportation and mobility featuring Jennifer Haroon. Jennifer was on the early team at Google's self-driving unit that later became Waymo, and most recently worked as the CFO and COO of Nauto, a Greylock-partnered startup working on AI for driving safety. She is now an EIR at Greylock.
Jennifer Haroon, chief operating officer at artificial-intelligence startup Nauto, discusses how driver-monitoring technology can help improve human driver habits, lower costs for fleets and anticipate and prevent collisions.
The third episode of Founders Counsel explores the relevance of age when founding a company. It has been posited by some that one is over the hill in Silicon Valley at 35. From our experience representing founders, we know that this certainly is not the case. We explored this topic with three active founders at different stages of their lives to hear their stories, perspectives and advice. What we discovered was a fascinating conversation more about what motivates founders to create companies than about age. In addition, we found that all three of our guests on this episode are socially motivated in trying to make a positive impact, which has taken them on different paths. Our guests include a founder who has started several companies and has also taken a company public, a founder who is just now launching a company she first thought of ten years ago and a young founder still in his 20s who also has the perspective of being a VC. Hear their tips on balancing their time between their day job and side project, what made them conclude that “now is the time” to move forward, on developing external mentor relationships and essential qualities for success at any age. Episode guests:Ruma Bose – Founder, Former president at Chobani Ventures and Chobani Foundation. Ruma’s newest venture, coming soon, is a media tech play to empower young girls. Her prior experience includes executive roles with numerous early stage companies in the consumer industry, including President and co-CEO of Sprayology, an innovative wellness company selling vitamin and homeopathic oral sprays. Prior to that she was President at Vincent Longo Cosmetics and she also successfully co-founded and grew Finish Line Floors, a national floor care company. Her investment experience includes being a partner at Zuci Capital and a senior director at Roseworth Capital. Ruma is an active philanthropist and has raised awareness and significant capital for non-profit organizations. She authored the book, “Mother Theresa, CEO.”Gregory Fischbach – Founder and managing partner, Accelerate Games. He is former chairman of the board at Rabbit a venture-backed technology company he founded, founder & former CEO of Acclaim Entertainment which he took public, former president at RCA Records International, and former president at Activision International. Before getting into video games, Greg was a leading entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles. David Pickerell – Founder and early stage investor at Yes VC who is also currently launching Para: a suite of tools to empower gig economy workers. Prior to Yes VC, David was business operations lead at Nauto and was an early employee at Uber where he helped launch Uber in Las Vegas.
Combining AI with driver safety is a recipe that can save lives. In this episode, Adam Torres and Piyush Chandra, Director of Product Management, AI at Nauto, explore how Nauto is using AI-based fleet safety solutions to make our roads safer. Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be interviewed by Adam on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/
Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) records the Season Finale of Season 4 of This Week In Voice, live as part of The Voice of the Car Summit on April 7, 2020. Featured guests include Carla Bailo (President and CEO, Center for Automotive Research), Piyush Chandra (Director of Product Management, NAUTO) and Chandra Khatri (Lead Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Uber).
In an interview between Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo, they discuss “Blitzscaling” and how companies achieve massive scale at incredible speed. Reid shares insights and lessons on how to prioritize speed and efficiency in an environment of uncertainty, the benefits of intense collaboration found in Silicon Valley, and non-obvious rules needed to succeed. REID HOFFMAN - Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Partner @ Greylock Partners (@reidhoffman) “Part of the secret and the thing that’s great about Silicon Valley is that, while we compete intensely, we also collaborate intensely.” - Reid Hoffman An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses including co-founding PayPal & LinkedIn. In '09 he joined Greylock Partners where he serves on the boards of Airbnb, Apollo Fusion, Aurora, Coda, Convoy, Entrepreneur First, Gixo, Microsoft, Nauto, Xapo. In addition, he serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including Kiva, Endeavor, CZI Biohub, & Do Something. He is the host of the podcast Masters of Scale, co-author of two New York Times best-selling books: The Start-Up of You & The Alliance. His new book is Blitzscaling, based on his Stanford course. SARAH GUO - General Partner @ Greylock Partners (@saranormous) Sarah joined Greylock Partners as an investor in '13 and focused on B2B apps & infrastructure. Prior, she was at Goldman Sachs, where she invested in growth-stage tech startups like Dropbox & advised pre-IPO tech companies like Workday as well as public clients like Zynga, Netflix & Nvidia. RESOURCES Greylock Blitzscaling: The Lightning Fast Path to Creating Massively Valuable Companies Masters of Scale Podcast SHOW NOTES Discovering the “secret sauce” to Silicon Valley and discovering “Blitzscaling” (3:50) Defining the framework of “Blitzscaling.” (7:01) The OODA Loop. (7:21) Reid’s first insight to Blitzscaling at PayPal when they were compounding at 2-5% daily user growth. (8:28) Do rapidly scaling companies ever stop Blitzscaling? (11:39) The dynamics of prioritizing speed over efficiency in the face of uncertainty. (13:25) Why Reid chose collaboration and to publicly share the “secret sauce” to Silicon Valley. (15:45) What Reid’s learned about rapid scaling from his portfolio at Greylock. (17:45) How Blitzscaling applies to different company scales. (20:10) Where Blitzscaling goes bad. (21:48) How Blitzscaling applies to technical leaders. (23:25) Facebook’s example emphasizing speed at different scales. (26:18) How to make decisions when you don’t have full data or an opinionated team. (29:26) Reid’s three non-obvious rules of management. (32:02) How to be comfortable “embracing chaos.” (33:55) How do you think about product development when scaling fast? (37:03) How Blitzscaling accounts for the “tech-lash,” the changing cultural perception of Silicon Valley, and perceived obsession with speed over accountability. (38:42) How Blitzscaling applies to deeply technical problems with a long time-horizon. (40:45) Get involved at sfelc.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/engineeringleadership/message
Relato de misterio. En este episodio de Dalca Macabra un hombre perturbado, una visita lejana y una grabación de audio son los elementos de la historia acontecida en una isla del sur de Chile. Les invito a visitarnos en Facebook, Instagram y Twitter y dejar sus comentarios. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dalcamacabra/message
Like the elevator or electricity, AI is a technology that expands what is possible for humans to do. Ai has the potential to spread extremely rapidly, but it's not yet clear how it will be slowed by resistance, backlash and regulation. Executives must think about AI as a part of any product or process. As with previous innovations, productivity opportunities will propel economic growth and society will adapt to it sooner or later. In this episode of The Better Question podcast, EYQ Fellow Chris Meyer is joined by Stefan Heck, CEO of Nauto, and Eduardo Potter, New York Times economics writer.
This podcast is a live recording of the panel discussion on "the future of transportation" at Robin.ly AI commercialization conference that took place in Mountain View, CA on June 1, 2019. Our panelists included Louay Eldada, CEO and Co-Founder of Quanergy; Nalin Gupta, Co-founder of the Autonomous Driving Division at Ridecell; Ruslan Belkin, CTO of NAUTO; and Tao Wang, former Co-founder of Drive AI. This panel was moderated by Alex Ren, founder of Robin.ly and TalentSeer and Managing Partner of BoomingStar Ventures. Visit Robin.ly to access the complete video recording and transcripts: http://bit.ly/2FaA00u
From the 2019 Startup Grind Conference, Greylock's Reid Hoffman and OpenAI Co-Founder and CTO Greg Brockman on the prospects of building beneficial AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). AI systems have achieved impressive capabilities that may one day reach human levels of intelligence. Autonomous systems with this intelligence and capability are referred to as artificial general intelligence (AGI). The future impact human-level AI will have on society is challenging to comprehend. Yet, it's broadly understood that prioritization of building beneficial and ethical autonomous systems today are vital for positive human impact. In this episode of Greymatter, OpenAI co-founder and CTO Greg Brockman and Greylock partner and OpenAI investor Reid Hoffman discuss the implications of today’s AI progress. Greg and Reid deep dive into the transformative potential of AGI on organizations of all kinds, the policy changes required of international governments, and ways to build and scale ethical AI and AGI systems. Founded in 2015, OpenAI is an AI research company discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence. Prior to co-founding OpenAI, Greg previously was CTO at Stripe, which he helped scale from 4 to 250 employees. An accomplished entrepreneur and executive, Reid has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses, including LinkedIn and PayPal. As a Greylock investor, he currently serves on the boards of Airbnb, Apollo Fusion, Aurora, Coda, Convoy, Entrepreneur First, Gixo, Microsoft, Nauto, Xapo and a few early stage companies still in stealth. Reid is the co-author of Blitzscaling and two New York Times best-selling books: The Start-up of You and The Alliance.
Stefan Heck is the cofounder and CEO of Nauto which is an AI technology company on a mission to make driving safer and smarter. Today, the company has raised over $174 million with partners and investors including General Motors, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW iVentures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Greylock Partners, and DNX Ventures at a valuation rumored to be over $1 billion.
Stefan Heck is the cofounder and CEO of Nauto which is an AI technology company on a mission to make driving safer and smarter. Today, the company has raised over $174 million with partners and investors including General Motors, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW iVentures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Greylock Partners, and DNX Ventures at a valuation rumored to be over $1 billion.
We’re excited to have Doug Mandell as our guest on this episode of Raising Your Antenna. Doug is a Silicon Valley insider, Founder and Managing Partner of the Mandell Law Group, and has been an investor and advisor to countless startups, including Phylagen, Originate and Cricket Health. As it relates to the topic of this podcast, Doug was an early investor in Motiv Power Systems and Nauto, where he also served as General Counsel. Doug has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of Silicon Valley's top four attorneys. He was LinkedIn's first outside counsel and then served as its first general counsel. Tune in as we talk about · Doug's professional background · How Nauto is making driving safer and paving the way for autonomy · Advice on starting & exiting companies for founders · His experience as LinkedIn's General Counsel · Using LinkedIn to reference check professional services · Why he became interested with the mobility space · Data, mobility, legality and more! Special thanks to AdLarge for providing their podcast studio.
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Throughout history, technology has enabled transportation to meet the shifting demands of society. Advancement in AI and ML technology is helping the industry get one step close towards an automated future. In this episode of Greymatter, we share a panel discussion from Greylock's Future of Transportation event. Greylock's Reid Hoffman, Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson and Nauto founder and CEO Stefan Heck discuss the opportunities and challenges, including driver insurance and the digital divide, and the importance of working closely with policy makers and OEMs as we transition to autonomous vehicles. Aurora and Nauto are building software needed to build and scale autonomous vehicles safely. Prior to founding Aurora, Chris helped found the self-driving car team at Alphabet and led the team for seven years. Stefan was the co-architect of the sustainability practice at McKinsey and taught courses on energy and transportation innovation at Stanford before starting Nauto. Greylock's invite-only event hosted CEOs, company founders, and top industry leaders to discuss the impact of technology on the transportation landscape and the role of autonomy over the next several decades. Below are key takeaways and quotes from the panel.
Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Fully automated vehicles promise a new era in car safety, but completely self driving cars on roads are still in the future. With this in mind, Nauto is rethinking transportation by using AI technology to learn how to best equip automated vehicles for a future of safe and trusted transportation. In this episode of Greymatter, Nauto CEO Stefan Heck and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman discuss a blended environment with humans and machines, the evolution of road infrastructure, and the impact of AI on human jobs. The two visionaries also share advice on how startups can successfully partner with large companies and enterprises.
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BMW adviser Mark Platshon thinks that autonomous driving isn't a tech dalliance; there's a moral imperative because of the lives it saves. He talks about it with Ina Fried and Nauto founder Stefan Heck at Code/Mobile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices