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View all episodes of The Road to Autonomy: Grayson Brulte creates conversations that matter. The Road to Autonomy brings together CEOs sharing their strategic vision, policymakers revealing regulatory insights, and engineers discussing the future of autonomy. These thoughtful dialogues go beyond the headlines to uncover the genuine strategies, real challenges, transformative technologies, and commercial business strategies that collectively are helping to usher in the autonomy economy.
View all episodes of Autonomy Markets: Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk create the conversations that matter to Wall Street. Autonomy Markets pairs Brulte’s deep industry expertise as Founder & CEO of The Road to Autonomy with Piecyk’s sharp financial analysis as Partner at LightShed Partners. Each week, these seasoned voices cut through market noise and analyze the real stories impacting autonomy markets, examining the company moves, technology shifts, and regulatory changes that are reshaping how institutional investors are approaching the emerging autonomy economy opportunity.
Transcript: De-Risking Autonomy with Optionality Executive Summary In this episode The Road to Autonomy podcast, Don Burnette, Founder & CEO of Kodiak joined Grayson Brulte to discuss the company’s major milestones, including going public and successfully operating driverless trucks in…
Transcript: CES 2026: The Autonomy Narrative Just Changed Executive Summary In this episode of Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk share their boots-on-the-ground takeaways from CES. The conversation highlights the stark contrast between Zoox’s operational difficulties on the Las Vegas…
Transcript: How the Permian Basin is Accelerating Kodiak’s Commercialization Plans Executive Summary In this episode of The Road to Autonomy podcast, Pete Bigelow, formerly a journalist and now part of the Kodiak communications team, joined Grayson Brulte to discuss the…
Executive Summary In this episode of The Road to Autonomy, Grayson Brulte sat down with Darin Brannan, CEO & co-founder of Terminal Industries to discuss the critical modernization of logistics yards. While warehouses and over-the-road transport have seen significant technological investment,…
Transcript: Tesla’s Austin Moment, LiDAR Chapter 11 & HYPR Emerges Executive Summary In this episode of Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walt analyze a pivotal week in the self-driving industry. They break down Waymo’s reported $15 billion fundraising round and…
Transcript: Waymo’s Six Stages of Autonomy Executive Summary In this episode, Grayson Brulte and Walt discuss Waymo’s aggressive expansion across the Sunbelt alongside the regulatory headwinds forming in progressive cities like San Diego and New York, while introducing and defining…
Transcript: The Next Autonomous Vehicle M&A Wave Starts Below the Line Executive Summary In this episode of The Road to Autonomy podcast, Grayson Brulte sat down with Hugh Nguyen, Partner, Automotive Technology & Mobility, KPMG where they discussed the resurgence of the…