To many, Sebastian Thrun is known as the “Godfather of Self-Driving Cars,” but he thinks that is a little overstated. “That’s an exaggeration, there are so many people who deserve credit,” Thrun said at the beginning of his on-stage interview at last year’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Godfather or not, he also announced that his online education startup Udacity was launching a self-driving car engineering nanodegree program, which would at least secure him a spot on the Mount Rushmore of autonomous vehicle visionaries.
Kitty Hawk CEO Envisions a Sky Filled with Flying Cars
Key Takeaways:
- Sebastian Thrun, known for his pioneering work in self-driving cars, saw overwhelming interest in Udacity's self-driving car engineering nanodegree program.
- Thrun now champions "flying cars" as the "next Big Thing" and has launched a Udacity nanodegree program to train engineers for this emerging industry.
- As CEO of Kitty Hawk, Thrun envisions a future where daily air travel replaces ground traffic, promising faster, safer, and cheaper transportation, and believes this future is just two years away.
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