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1) Autonomous is hard.
— Gavin Baker (@GavinSBaker) June 26, 2020
“Most” investors will get their money back. “Some” are making a positive return = the last round had a greater than 1x liquidation preference that was senior in the pref stack.
Structure is dangerous to early VCs and employees.https://t.co/qXByEdpHM6
Gad-Zoox; I guess @awscloud is way more serious about DeepRacer than I thought. https://t.co/Gd8H3UYdWQ
— HydroxyCoreyQuinn (@QuinnyPig) June 26, 2020
The internet gets more interesting as each day goes on. https://t.co/WpE3whD8u2
— Aaron Levie (@levie) June 27, 2020
"MOST investors will get their money back and SOME will make a positive return" .... Zoox raised $955M which means employees likely get nothing. Always, always ask about liquidation preferences before joining a startup, especially ones with higher valuations. https://t.co/rmUpvF7BiT
— Laszlo Bock (@LaszloBock) June 26, 2020
Wow, I was wrong: Amazon explicitly says it’s getting into autonomous ride-hailing by acquiring Zoox.
— Christopher Mims (@mims) June 26, 2020
This has the potential to be absolutely gargantuan.https://t.co/t4dSROYoxP
https://t.co/3HYON7T8bC pic.twitter.com/RG9OhjZLZf
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) June 26, 2020
Not sure how ride-hailing fits with @Amazon.
— Adam Nash (@adamnash) June 26, 2020
The idea of automated warehouses -> automated loading docks -> automated trucking -> automated last mile makes sense.
But it seems like automated loading dock & trucking would be the right next step. ?https://t.co/O8ttgj6rxa
Amazon buying Zoox for $1b. The company had raised $1b so it isn't great for investors. This is a robo-taxi company, not one well suited for deliveries, so this is Amazon getting into the self-driving car space, exciting times. https://t.co/nFtRWYlSeQ
— Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) June 26, 2020
How do you cut the cost of last-mile delivery? Eliminate the driver.
— Doug Stephens (@RetailProphet) June 26, 2020
Amazon acquires self-driving start-up Zoox for over $1.2bn https://t.co/2gYZNb0YNu
Actually @elonmusk is not wrong. Space, now cars. Next, a giant tunnel shovel? https://t.co/tloPpmmqvH pic.twitter.com/u61As76fHX
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) June 27, 2020
.@JeffBezos is a copy ? haha https://t.co/plR7uupqBG
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 26, 2020
Looks like this is official. Amazon is buying Zoox at a time where logistics companies continue to invest in areas focused on automizing delivery process. Zoox will continue to operate as a standalone company.
— Sally Shin (@sallyshin) June 26, 2020
Jeff Bezos is also an investor in Uber... https://t.co/UicERtZUDT
As someone who has spent some time with the folks at Zoox and fancies himself an attentive Amazon watcher, I doubt this is about electric cars. It may however be about other forms of autonomy - delivery, in-warehouse automation - which Amazon has very public interests in. https://t.co/zVlow6iZ8t
— Christopher Mims (@mims) June 26, 2020
We are delighted to announce that Zoox is teaming up with @amazon. We have made great strides in creating autonomous mobility from the ground up, and are excited to continue working with our exceptionally talented team to realize that vision. https://t.co/TdQKaebKW7
— Zoox (@zoox) June 26, 2020
All I can think about here is the bidirectional autonomous car Zoox is developing
— Ryan ☕ (@RyanfDuffy) June 26, 2020
and how that tech would be useful in warehouse/logistics contexts rather than on public roads https://t.co/QzA9Ma5evr
Turns out Amazon wants to be “the Amazon of transportation”
— Regina Clewlow ??? (@ReginaClewlow) June 27, 2020
They just make it clear to Uber that they are in the race to launch autonomous robo-taxis... https://t.co/SCX5jbBArD
Amazon Shakes Up the Race for Self-Driving—and Ride-Hailing https://t.co/3KBPA2T5Bs
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) June 26, 2020
Uber CEO says his company wants to be the “Amazon for transportation.” Now, Amazon made clear that it intends to be the Amazon for transportation.
— Michael Kuhn (@Mi_Kuhn) June 27, 2020
https://t.co/sAgesWAlB3
"#Amazon Shakes Up the Race for #SelfDriving—and #RideHailing"
— Bertrand Duflos (@BertrandDuflos) June 27, 2020
Nice @Wired
update on the race for #AutonomousVehicles. Worth a read. https://t.co/6mq2huxTHT https://t.co/nRbkclrgvr
You just can't make this up!
— Roland Baker (@RolandBakerIII) June 27, 2020
We at the CDC pride ourselves on accidentally shipping SARS-CoV-2 all over the country. https://t.co/r8PoVh10d0
Is this where I get to remind everyone that @GOP members visited Russia and Putin on America's 4th of July or do we not want to remember that????https://t.co/Hj1cPSxC8k https://t.co/QFkG25FVa2
— Tina Morphis #KHive #Humanist #ForthePeople (@TinaMorphis) June 26, 2020
https://t.co/1SzYWJ2Ff9
— Dr. Jeff Flanigan (RIP KB 8/24) (@JeffFlanigan) June 26, 2020
Not true. Per capita, we rank 12th in the world for testing. Bahrain is first. Percentage of positives is the metric. There's a reason Texas is shutting down again. It's not because of more testing.......
I don't give a bleep if Trump wears a mask or not. If he wants to kill himself trying to get reelected, so be it.
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) June 26, 2020
WHERE ARE THE 100,000 VENTILATORS IN 100 DAYS?
HHS deal with GM to produce ventilators says the first 6,132 to be delivered by June 1. https://t.co/D1QTeEg6iQ pic.twitter.com/FZ5RWMPlzM
#Hypocrisy! #France should #STOP #Neocolonial #Genocide in #Ambazonia, ACKNOWLEDGE & REPAY #slavery #ransom to #Haiti https://t.co/4tYHKW57Xp, #Algeria https://t.co/VTR6uiidL2, #RwandanGenocide https://t.co/f77LXVZqAi #African slavery & #colonial ransom https://t.co/YqXVbI0gR5
— Ambazonia Prisoners of Conscience Support Network (@apocsnet) June 8, 2020
August 11, 2015
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) June 25, 2020
“Asked if President Obama showed leadership in the 2008/2009 bailout of the major auto companies, Trump meandered through an answer that left him without a position.”
Trump: “I think you would have wound up in the same place.”
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March 17, 2019
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) June 25, 2020
Trump returns to Twitter to talk about Lordstown, but now he takes GM's side(!), bashing the UAW leader who had been fighting for years to protect Ohio jobs in Lordstown and passes blame onto union workers for GM's decision.
18/https://t.co/8PNfe47ilf
The letters about hosting groups for QAnon, white supremacists, Boogaloo must have gotten lost in the mail https://t.co/oaZpT3WgAG
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) June 26, 2020
Brands to Facebook: clean up your shit or we'll boycott
— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) June 26, 2020
Trump administration to platforms: hold my beer https://t.co/e3KbMUSIwu
SCOOP: Trump admin tells Facebook, Google, Twitter and Snap to take action against posts calling for people to break curfew, topple statues or cause violence. Officials also exploring ways to use their legal authorities toward this end, source says. https://t.co/GS3N5bSWrp
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) June 26, 2020
Trump knew/ his response was to invite Russia into the G7
— Jan Walker (@Artemesia44) June 27, 2020
Russian operation targeted coalition troops in Afghanistan, intelligence finds Intelligence suggests a Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack NATO forces.https://t.co/9nyqhUtSYt
Yesterday:
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 7, 2019
Afghanistan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Washington early next week where he was to discuss the U.S.-Taliban talks... The agreement “in principle” to begin a U.S. troop withdrawal only needed Trump’s approval.https://t.co/dAEPqyAnCS