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Autonomy x Wall Street
Autonomy Markets is a podcast co-hosted by Grayson Brulte, Founder of The Road to Autonomy and Co-Founder & Co-CEO AUTNMY AI and Walter Piecyk, Partner & TMT Analyst, LightShed Partners and General Partner, LightShed Ventures. Each week Grayson and Walter break down the autonomy markets and offer their unique perspectives. Grayson shares his insight and opinion from an autonomy industry insider's perspective and Walt shares the Wall Street perspective.
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Each week Grayson provides an autonomy industry insider perspective while Walter offers his Wall Street analysis, creating unique dual-perspective coverage of earnings, valuations, market trends, and investment implications in the emerging autonomy economy.
Where the autonomy industry meets Wall Street.
Co-Host
Grayson Brulte
Founder, The Road to Autonomy & Co-Founder & Co-CEO AUTNMY AI
Grayson Brulte is a visionary strategist and one of the foremost authorities on autonomy, automation, and the emerging Autonomy Economy™. Widely recognized for anticipating what's next, his work sits at the intersection of innovation, policy, and emerging technology, where he serves as a trusted advisor to executive teams throughout the autonomy landscape.
Co-Host
Walter Piecyk
Partner & TMT Analyst, LightShed Partners & General Partner, LightShed Ventures
Walter Piecyk is a Partner and TMT Analyst at LightShed Partners and a General Partner at LightShed Ventures. A veteran Wall Street analyst, Walter brings deep expertise in telecommunications, media, and technology investing to the podcast. His analytical rigor and institutional perspective complement Grayson's industry insider view, creating a unique dual lens on the autonomy economy's investment landscape.
Recent Episodes
New episodes every Saturday at 10am EST. Watch on YouTube, X and Spotify and listen on your favorite podcast platform.
October 25, 2025
Tesla’s Robotaxi Scale Plan, NVIDIA’s Autonomy Ambitions
Tesla confirmed plans to remove safety attendants from "large parts" of Austin by year-end after logging 250,000 robotaxi miles, with 8-10 additional markets launching including Florida, Arizona, and Nevada. The episode also examines NVIDIA's strategic partnership with Uber as potentially signaling broader autonomy ambitions, with speculation that NVIDIA may acquire a leading AV developer to own and license an industry-wide autonomy stack.
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October 18, 2025
Tesla FSD 14 Updates and Waymo’s Latest Moove Away from Uber
Tesla's FSD 14 introduces more aggressive driving features including "Mad Max" mode with assertive lane changes and higher speeds, while the company prepares for wider release. Waymo announced expansion to London by 2026 to compete directly with Uber and partnered with DoorDash for delivery automation in Phoenix, though infrastructure and regulatory challenges may slow deployment in markets like New York City.
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October 11, 2025
First Impressions of Tesla FSD 14, Waymo’s Next Potential Markets
Tesla's FSD 14 demonstrates improved autonomous parking and backing capabilities but still exhibits precision issues and jerky driving behavior, while NHTSA has opened a preliminary investigation into the system. Waymo is lobbying for regulatory changes to expand into Minnesota as various major U.S. metro markets remain unserved by large-scale robotaxi deployments, though international approval continues with Sweden authorizing Tesla's FSD testing on public roads.
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October 4, 2025
From London to Dubai Robotaxis are Rapidly Expanding Globally
Robotaxi deployment is accelerating globally, with Wayve demonstrating AI-powered autonomous navigation in London's complex road environments and Dubai granting Baidu Apollo permits for fully driverless operations by 2026. Institutional investors are expanding their focus beyond core AV technology to examine the broader autonomy ecosystem, including energy infrastructure, fleet management, and vehicle depreciation economics.
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September 27, 2025
Does Tesla FSD 14 Matter?
Brulte and Piecyk discuss Tesla FSD 14's potential market implications, questioning whether reduced driver monitoring indicates progress toward unsupervised driving while emphasizing Tesla's manufacturing advantages over Waymo's partner-dependent model. The episode also examines Waymo's London expansion plans and Uber's evolving autonomy strategy, including the significance of the Nuro/Lucid robotaxi partnership delivery.
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September 20, 2025
Lyft’s Back! Waymo Deal Shocks Market, Tesla & Uber Forge Unthinkable Alliance
Lyft's stock surged 20% following announcement of a partnership with Waymo for autonomous vehicle operations in Nashville, where Lyft will manage a shared fleet through its Flexdrive subsidiary while Uber's stock dropped 5%. The hosts predict Waymo will begin highway operations in the Bay Area by December 2025 and discuss Bot Auto's achievement of a 40-mile driverless commercial run with only $45 million in funding.
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