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Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freights | Equity Podcast

The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s flowing back, and it’s the people who lived through that first…

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The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s flowing back, and it’s the people who lived through that first wave who are building the next one. 

Humble Robotics founder and CEO Eyal Cohen is one of them. Cohen was at Otto when Uber came calling, later followed Anthony Levandowski to Pronto, and after two decades bouncing between deep tech bets in the Bay Area, his new company came out of stealth in April with $24 million to build a fully autonomous, cabless electric hauler for freight. 

Cohen joins Kirsten Korosec on this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast to talk about AV déjà vu and what he’s learned from 15 years of building startups across electrification, solar, and robotics.  

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:31 Eyal’s AV background and “2016 all over again”
02:02 Why hype cycles hit every new industry
07:28 Building Humble: the cabless freight platform idea
12:37 Why Humble couldn’t have worked 10 years ago
17:07 Ditching lidar for cameras and vision models
19:12 Talent wars and building the Humble team
22:41 Advice for founders: choose culture over compensation
26:03 Outro

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Were You Impressed by Google’s New Pixel Devices? Tech Editors React to Made by Google 2026

Our top mobile and health tech editors from PCMag, CNET and ZDNET share their thoughts on Google’s Made by Google Pixel event hosted by Trevor Noah. What were the coolest features on the new Pixel devices, and what felt like a dud? Read more about the Made by Google event on CNET.com: Made by Google…

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Our top mobile and health tech editors from PCMag, CNET and ZDNET share their thoughts on Google’s Made by Google Pixel event hosted by Trevor Noah. What were the coolest features on the new Pixel devices, and what felt like a dud?

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Everything Revealed at Made by Google 2026 in Less Than 12 Minutes

Google revealed its new lineup of Pixel 11 Phones, Pixel Buds Pro, the Pixel Watch 5 and the new Pixel Tag at its Made by Google event, hosted by Trevor Noah. Check out all the highlights and product reveals in less than 12 minutes. You can find the products mentioned in this article linked below…

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Google revealed its new lineup of Pixel 11 Phones, Pixel Buds Pro, the Pixel Watch 5 and the new Pixel Tag at its Made by Google event, hosted by Trevor Noah. Check out all the highlights and product reveals in less than 12 minutes.

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What You Tell AI Could Show Up in Court

Use a lawyer that uses AI, do not use AI as your lawyer. Chat GPT and Claude don’t have attorney-client privilege so whatever you ask can (and likely will) be discovered if you go to litigation. Startup lawyer Kristina Subbotina joined us on our Build Mode podcast to talk about how she built Lexsy, an…

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Startup lawyer Kristina Subbotina joined us on our Build Mode podcast to talk about how she built Lexsy, an AI tool that keeps human lawyers in the loop.

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