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Qasar Younis, CEO of Applied Intuition, observes that the autonomous vehicle industry is at a crossroads with two potential paths: fully autonomous in limited areas, and semi-autonomous with humans in the loop. Self-driving is definitely going to happen, he says. The question is which way it will go, and how to address cost.
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Qasar Younis, CEO of Applied Intuition, observes that the autonomous vehicle industry is at a crossroads with two potential paths: fully autonomous in limited areas, and semi-autonomous with humans in the loop. Self-driving is definitely going to happen, he says. The question is which way it will go, and how to address cost.
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eCorner Website: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/
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![Tracy Chou (Block Party) - Founding a Mission-Driven Startup [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AzIvPB1c8lg/mqdefault.jpg "Tracy Chou (Block Party) - Founding a Mission-Driven Startup [Entire Talk]
Tracy Chou is a product-minded engineering leader and exited founder with more than 15 years of experience building and scaling consumer and enterprise products. She is best known for her work advocating for diversity and inclusion in tech, and for being founder and CEO of Block Party, a platform for online safety, privacy, and anti-harassment, which was recently acquired by DeleteMe. In this conversation with Adjunct Lecturer Emily Ma, Chou explains how her early experiences working at tech startups inspired her to found a mission-driven company and how Block Party balanced mission and profitability.")
