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Waymo’s Next Challenge: Humanity
Manage episode 460396387 series 2998270
Waymo’s milestone — surpassing Lyft’s ride numbers in San Francisco — takes center stage in our first podcast of the new year.
Still, it’s not obvious that this translates into guaranteed scale across the country. We consider the operational headaches that come with scaling driverless fleets. One way forward for Waymo could be further collaborations with legacy rideshare giants like Uber.
We also break down Whatnot’s latest round of funding and debate whether a potential TikTok ban could give the live shopping startup a competitive advantage.
Give it a listen.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Waymo's Progress and Challenges
10:21 Whatnot's big fundraise
Episode produced by Christopher Gates
Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe
167 episodes
Manage episode 460396387 series 2998270
Waymo’s milestone — surpassing Lyft’s ride numbers in San Francisco — takes center stage in our first podcast of the new year.
Still, it’s not obvious that this translates into guaranteed scale across the country. We consider the operational headaches that come with scaling driverless fleets. One way forward for Waymo could be further collaborations with legacy rideshare giants like Uber.
We also break down Whatnot’s latest round of funding and debate whether a potential TikTok ban could give the live shopping startup a competitive advantage.
Give it a listen.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Waymo's Progress and Challenges
10:21 Whatnot's big fundraise
Episode produced by Christopher Gates
Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe
167 episodes
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