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Sebastian Thrun

German-American entrepreneur (born 1967)

5× founder Automotive & MobilityAerospace & SpaceArtificial Intelligence 2009–2017
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The world around Sebastian Thrun — companies founded, co-founders, and where they came from. Hover a node to explore; click to open.

Companies founded

5
2009
WaymoPrivate Founder · Automotive & Mobility
2010
Kitty HawkDefunct Founder & CEO · Aerospace & Space
2010
X DevelopmentPrivate Founder
2017
CrestaPrivate Founder · Artificial Intelligence
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DuloPrivate Founder · Robotics

Co-founders

6
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Andre Esteva
Co-founded Cresta
A
Anthony Levandowski
Co-founded Waymo
C
Chris Urmson
Co-founded Waymo
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Sebastian ThrunHe's joined by
Co-founded Cresta
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Tim Shi
Co-founded Cresta
Z
Zayd Enam
Co-founded Cresta

Came from

2

Where Sebastian Thrun worked or built before — the roots of the lineage.

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Google Public
Software & IT · USA
Mafia →
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Waymo Private
Automotive & Mobility · USA
Mafia →

Also came from Waymo

See the Waymo mafia →
B
Bryan Salesky
C
Chris Urmson
CEO of self-driving technology company Aurora
D
Dave Ferguson
D
Don Burnette
J
Jiajun Zhu

Also came from Google

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Abraham Bachrach
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Adam Bry
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Adrian Graham
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Aidan N. Gomez
British-Canadian computer scientist (born 1996/97)
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Amit Sangani
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Andrej Karpathy
Czechoslovak-born AI researcher (born 1986)
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Andrew Boni
A
Andrew Conrad
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Andrew Ofstad