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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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iPhone Duo Livestream: How Many Folds Can Apple’s Phone Take? Day 6

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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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 online to answer any of your questions.

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Fold-A-Phone Week 2: 200K and FAQ

The folding fun continues on week two of Fold-A-Phone! Watch for a few Frequently Asked Questions. More questions? Join us for the weekday livestream on YouTube at 1pm EST to 5pm EST. #foldaphone #iphoneduo #testing #allthingsmobile #cnetlabs

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We Let Everyday People Try the iPhone Duo for the First Time | All Things Mobile

The $1,999 iPhone Duo is a hot commodity, but is it worth it? We hit the streets of San Francisco to find out how everyday people feel about Apple’s new foldable phone. Read more about the iPhone Duo on CNET.com iPhone Duo Review: Late to the Foldable Party, but It Steals the Show Timecode Chapters:…

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The $1,999 iPhone Duo is a hot commodity, but is it worth it? We hit the streets of San Francisco to find out how everyday people feel about Apple’s new foldable phone.

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