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 contributions to self-driving cars, now champions "flying cars" as the "next Big Thing" in transportation, envisioning them disrupting ground vehicles.
- His online education platform, Udacity, has launched nanodegree programs for both self-driving cars (due to immense interest) and flying cars, aiming to prepare a workforce for these emerging industries.
- As CEO of Kitty Hawk, Thrun is actively developing personal aerial vehicles like the "Flyer" and predicts that daily air travel, offering faster, safer, and more efficient transit, will be commonplace within two years.
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