The Road to Autonomy

Lee Redden , Chief Scientist & Co-Founder  Blue River Technology  and Chief Scientist of the Intelligent Solutions Group at  John Deere  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how See & Spray can help farmers optimize farms. The conversation begins with talking about growing up in Nebraska and how having a shop at the back of his ho...

Alan Ohnsman , Senior Editor,  Forbes  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the public mobility markets. From SPACs to Tesla to traditional IPOs, Grayson and Alan discuss the current state of the public mobility markets, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and autonomous trucking. The conversation begins with Alan and Grayson discussing the cur...

Alex Roy , Director of Special Operations  Argo AI , Host of The No Parking and Autonocast Podcasts, Editor-at-Large, The Drive, Founder of the Human Driving Association, author of The Driver, and Producer of APEX: The Secret Race Across America joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why he has always been obsessed with the impossible. The conversation be...

Andy Smart , Safety & Technical Standards Specialist joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why the data will always set you free when an organization embraces and implements a culture of safety. The conversation begins with Andy talking about the first time he experienced mobility freedom when he got his first bike at age ten in Scotland. Today, Andy ride...

Thomas Bamonte , Senior Program Manager, Automated Vehicles,  North Central Texas Council of Governments  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the growing autonomous trucking and autonomous vehicle industries in Texas. The conversation begins with Tom discussing how he first became interested in autonomous vehicles. In 2006, Tom wrote an article ab...

Robert Day , Director, Autonomous Vehicles,  Arm  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why the world runs on Arm. The conversation begins with Robert discussing Arm’s partnership approach and how over 190 billion devices around the world contain Arm-based chips. It’s really all about the partnership approach. It’s all about working with our silicon...

Qasar Younis , CEO & Co-Founder, and  Peter Ludwig , CTO & Co-Founder,  Applied Intuition  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss simulation and why a simulation first approach to autonomy is key to building and scaling autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with Qasar talking about what the marketplace looked like when he co-found...

Robert Brown , Senior Director of External Affairs,  TuSimple ,  Jordan Coleman , General Counsel & Vice President of Policy,  Kodiak Robotics , and  Jonny Morris , Head of Public Policy & Communications,  Embark Trucks  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current state of the autonomous trucking industry. The conve...

Jordan Sun , Chief Innovation Officer,  City of San José  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss building better basics in the City of San José through innovation and technology. The conversation begins with Jordan discussing his time serving two tours of duty (2012 and 2020) in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army. Comparing and contrasting his experience...

Cheng Lu , President & CEO,  TuSimple  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss taking TuSimple public and the company’s plans for growth. The conversation begins with Cheng discussing why TuSimple chose to go public as a traditional IPO rather than a SPAC and what the journey was like to become the world’s first publicly traded auto...

Mark P. Mills , Senior Fellow  Manhattan Institute , Faculty Fellow Northwestern University School of Engineering, and Partner in Montrose Lane, an Energy-Tech Venture Fund joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the geopolitics of the global mineral supply chain. The conversation begins with Mark discussing his  review  of the book  Un...

Robert Bielby , Senior Director of Automotive System Architecture & Segment Marketing, Micron  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the crucial role that memory plays in automotive. With the automotive industry focused on electrification and statements made by Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, and Bryan Salesky, Co-Founder & CEO of Argo AI abou...

John Absmeier , Chief Technology Officer,  Lear Corporation  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss Seating as a Service and how Xevo will enable in-vehicle experiences and commerce. The conversation begins with John discussing his time in the United States Marine Corps and what he learned as a Sergeant E5 motor transport mechanic. John learned leade...

Dean Foreman , Chief Economist,  American Petroleum Institute (API) , and  Prentiss Searles , Petroleum Marketing Policy Manager, American Petroleum Institute (API) joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the economic impact of the U.S. oil industry. The conversation begins with Dean sharing an overview of the current state of the U.S. oil markets. We...

Patrick Goddard , President of  Brightline Trains  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how Brightline is building a mobility experience company. The conversation begins with Patrick discussing how his background in hospitality partly inspired the way Brightline was developed and how it is managed today. Customer service and the emotional...

Neil Golson , Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships,  FLASH  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how software and partnerships are enabling the future of parking —integrated payments and mobility hubs. The conversation begins with Neil sharing his insight into the current state of the parking business. While parking dema...

Bryan Hurd , Vice President, Chief of Office,  Aon Cyber Solutions  (Stroz Friedberg) joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current state of cybersecurity and why cyber intelligence is critically important for Governments and Publicly Traded Companies. The conversation begins with Bryan discussing the founding of the U.S. Navy’s First...

Jeremy Bezdek , Managing Director, Strategic Platforms, Koch Industries (KSP), and  Kristof Vereenooghe , CEO of  EVBox Group  join  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss scaling electric vehicle charging globally through strategic partnerships. The conversation begins with Jeremy sharing a high-level overview of Koch Strategic Platforms and the compan...

Chen-Ping Yu,  Co-Founder & CEO,  Phiar  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why augmented reality is the window to the world. The conversation begins with Chen-Ping discussing his time at Stony Brook University followed by Harvard. At Harvard, Chen-Ping was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Cognitive and Neural Lab where he studied th...

Chris Ballinger , Founder & CEO,  MOBI  (Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative) joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the new economy of movement. The conversation begins with Chris discussing international economics, monetary economics, and private money. Marginalism. The idea that prices are determined on the margin. That it is the margin that ma...

Dr. Jerry Parrish , Chief Economist and Director of Research,  Florida Chamber Foundation  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the diverse and growing economy of Florida. The conversation begins with Dr. Parrish discussing the current state of the Florida economy and The  Florida Scorecard . Expanding upon the conversation about the economy, D...

Florida State  Senator Jeff Brandes  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the big idea and why Florida is the perfect environment to operate autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with Senator Brandes discussing his experience serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a transportation officer. During his time in Iraq, Senator Brandes read  Ca...

James Gowers , Vice President of Strategy & Business Development,  Perceptive Automata  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss developing human intuition for autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with James talking about leading the Harvard Business School soccer team to two National Championships and what he learned about teamwork as an Ar...

Pradeep Elankumaran , Co-Founder & CEO of  Farmstead  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss automating grocery delivery. The conversation begins with Pradeep sharing how bad experiences with grocery delivery led to the founding of Farmstead. Armed with an idea, Pradeep posted the idea on Nextdoor Mountain View to see if there was a dema...

Çetin Meriçli , Co-Founder & CEO of  Locomation  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss what he saw in the market when he launched Locomation into a maturing autonomous trucking market in 2018. The conversation begins with Çetin discussing growing up in Istanbul, Turkey, and how his family encouraged curiosity and asking questions to learn. Curiou...