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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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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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Early Look: Samsung’s $229 Galaxy Buds On

Clip-on open earbuds are all the rage, and Samsung is the latest major brand to add clip-ons to its line of Galaxy earbuds with its new Galaxy Buds On. Available in black at launch, the Buds On list for $229 and ship in early November. #firstlook #samsung #galaxybudson #samsunggalaxy #openearbuds You can find the products…

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iPhone Duo Livestream: How Many Folds Can Apple’s Phone Take? Day 7

Apple’s iPhone Duo is out and we want to see how durable it is. So we built a robot to fold it 20,000+ times a day to test its limits. How long do you think it will last? 100,000 folds? 200,000 folds? 500,000 folds? Tune in and watch the testing live. We’ll have CNET’s editors…

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Read more about the iPhone Duo Folding Test on CNET.com
The iPhone Duo Is Now in Our Custom-Made Foldable Phone Test Machine. Will It Beat the Galaxy Fold 8?

iPhone Duo Review: Late to the Foldable Party, but It Steals the Show

Check out the 3D Printer Matthew Murray used to print the sled that iPhone Duo is sitting on:
Looking for the Most Accurate 3D Printer? Our Exclusive Testing Reveals One Clear Winner

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Fold-A-Phone Week Two, Day 7: 229K and Going Strong!

Why are we doing this? Because we can. The livestream is back on at 1pm EST to 5pm EST on YouTube! #foldaphone #iphoneduo #apple #stresstest #allthingsmobile

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Why are we doing this? Because we can. The livestream is back on at 1pm EST to 5pm EST on YouTube! #foldaphone #iphoneduo #apple #stresstest #allthingsmobile