Geohot hacker will work on unmanned cars - Tesla competitor together ... with the lead engineer Tesla Motors
Rather, the former lead engineer, because he chose a place in Hoto’s startup (Geohot) over a place in Tesla Motors
George Hotz at work
Information Technology Specialist George Francis Hotz, better known to the world by the nickname Geohot, in the past engaged in hacking the iPhone and the Playstation 3. After that, he began work on a large number of other projects, and recently created an unmanned vehicle control system in his garage. Robotic is based on Acura ILX. Geohot regards his system as a competitor to Tesla Motors autopilot.
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Ilon Musk subsequently questioned the possibility of creating a reliable system of automatic control of cars in such a short period of time by just one person. But Geohot proved the efficiency of its development, and attracted the attention of investors. One of the most famous Silicon Valley foundations, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested $ 3.1 million in this project. And now, as Forbes reports , Riccardo Biazini, a leading engineer of Tesla Motors, participated in the work on the competitor Tesla Motors ( LinkedIn profile ). In April 2016, Biazini left Tesla, moving to a new place of work in a Hotz startup, so now he is an ex-lead engineer. At Tesla Motors, he worked for five years, starting in 2011.
Let me remind you that the investment was received not by Hotz personally, but by the Comma.ai start founded by him. The main activity of this company is artificial intelligence and the practical application of its developments in various fields. The former Tesla lead engineer will be responsible at the new job for creating the AI system that drives the car instead of the person.
The startup hopes to develop low-cost (compared to existing analogues) autopilot, which will be sold to the final consumer at a price of $ 1000 or so. Hotz claims that the system will be "the best among those available on the market analogs." Autopilot Hotz already showed good results on the road. For example, the way from Mountain View to San Francisco (a little more than 60 km) covered the autopilot mode without incident.
Comma.ai may release the first commercial autonomous driving systems by the end of this year.
George Hotz at work
Information Technology Specialist George Francis Hotz, better known to the world by the nickname Geohot, in the past engaged in hacking the iPhone and the Playstation 3. After that, he began work on a large number of other projects, and recently created an unmanned vehicle control system in his garage. Robotic is based on Acura ILX. Geohot regards his system as a competitor to Tesla Motors autopilot.
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Ilon Musk subsequently questioned the possibility of creating a reliable system of automatic control of cars in such a short period of time by just one person. But Geohot proved the efficiency of its development, and attracted the attention of investors. One of the most famous Silicon Valley foundations, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested $ 3.1 million in this project. And now, as Forbes reports , Riccardo Biazini, a leading engineer of Tesla Motors, participated in the work on the competitor Tesla Motors ( LinkedIn profile ). In April 2016, Biazini left Tesla, moving to a new place of work in a Hotz startup, so now he is an ex-lead engineer. At Tesla Motors, he worked for five years, starting in 2011.
Let me remind you that the investment was received not by Hotz personally, but by the Comma.ai start founded by him. The main activity of this company is artificial intelligence and the practical application of its developments in various fields. The former Tesla lead engineer will be responsible at the new job for creating the AI system that drives the car instead of the person.
The startup hopes to develop low-cost (compared to existing analogues) autopilot, which will be sold to the final consumer at a price of $ 1000 or so. Hotz claims that the system will be "the best among those available on the market analogs." Autopilot Hotz already showed good results on the road. For example, the way from Mountain View to San Francisco (a little more than 60 km) covered the autopilot mode without incident.
Comma.ai may release the first commercial autonomous driving systems by the end of this year.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/393217/
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