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Our audience gains unparalleled, unfiltered access to the C-Suite executives, founders, and policymakers who are building and regulating the future.
From the founders of unicorn startups to the CEOs of publicly traded companies, our guests join to articulate their vision, defend their strategies, and signal their next moves.
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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.
Grayson coined the term Autonomy Economy to describe the convergence of automation, autonomy, commerce, and economic growth. His insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, CNN, and The Hollywood Reporter.
Recent Episodes
New episodes every Tuesday. Watch on YouTube, X and Spotify and listen on your favorite podcast platform.
April 22, 2024
$1 Trillion: The Cost to Electrify U.S. Truck Fleets
Trucking industry expert Jim Mullen estimates that electrifying the entire U.S. commercial truck fleet would require $1 trillion in infrastructure upgrades and charging facilities, raising questions about economic viability in the current inflationary environment. Mullen advocates for alternative approaches including tax incentives for fleet upgrades, increased use of renewable fuels, and selective battery-electric adoption rather than aggressive electrification mandates.
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April 17, 2024
From Boring to Billions: How Autonomy Could Transform Insurance Economics
Sergey Litvinenko, CEO of insurtech Koop, discusses how his company uses proprietary sensor data analysis to underwrite autonomous vehicle and robotics risks that traditional insurers avoid due to limited technical expertise. Koop has achieved loss ratios under 5% for robotics insurance compared to 70%+ for traditional property and casualty lines by developing advanced risk modeling capabilities for emerging autonomous technologies.
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April 16, 2024
AI-First Approach: Bringing Silicon Valley’s Leading Edge to Global Automakers
Applied Intuition's CEO and CTO discussed their AI-first approach to developing automotive software tools that help automakers build, test, and deploy autonomous vehicle systems more efficiently. The Silicon Valley company leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to create platforms for industry partners like Porsche, focusing on accelerating safe autonomous system adoption.
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April 10, 2024
Tesla’s Data Advantage in the Race to Develop Autonomous Driving
Tesla's fleet of 5 million vehicles equipped with FSD hardware generates approximately 50 billion miles of driving data annually, providing a significant competitive advantage in developing autonomous driving technology through real-world data collection. While competitor Mobileye has accumulated 26 years of data totaling over 200 petabytes, the company faces revenue challenges with expected year-over-year revenues of $226.35 million, down 50.6% from the previous year.
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April 9, 2024
The Will To Over-Regulate: Inside California Legislators Fight for Local Control over Autonomous Vehicles
California legislators are pushing for local control over autonomous vehicle deployment, creating potential regulatory barriers despite successful AV operations in cities like Phoenix. The proposed changes would allow city officials in LA and San Francisco to restrict AV services, even though the vehicles demonstrate safety benefits over human drivers who can be impaired or distracted.
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April 3, 2024
Demystifying the Economics of Autonomous Trucking
This podcast episode examines how autonomous trucking will fundamentally transform traditional trucking unit economics, which currently focus on metrics like revenue per truck per day/mile and operational costs including fuel surcharges and deadhead miles. Brett Suma, CEO of Loadsmith, discusses how the introduction of autonomous trucks will change the entire economic structure of the trucking industry, though not uniformly across all transportation lanes.
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