GM’s $40 million hiring of Sterling Anderson was the latest twist in an autonomy saga that began with Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick recognizing more than a decade ago that self-driving technology posed an existential threat to Uber’s future.
What followed connected Uber, Waymo, Aurora Innovation, Cruise, Tesla, GM, Kyle Vogt, Mary Barra, Dara Khosrowshahi, and some of the most influential autonomy visionaries in Silicon Valley.
The strangest part: many of the leaders who saw the autonomous driving future are no longer running the companies chasing it.
