The Road to Autonomy

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...

Sahas Katta , Founder & CEO of  Smartcar  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the building blocks of mobility – standardized APIs (Application Programming Interface). The conversation begins with Sahas discussing the founding of Smartcar and growing up in Silicon Valley. Growing up in Silicon Valley has its advantages as one is able to build an...

Dr. Pippa Malmgren , Former Presidential Advisor, Economist, Best-Selling Author, and Policy Analyst joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why data is the new space race. The conversation begins with Pippa sharing insight into what her father,  Mr. Harald Malmgren , a senior advisor to four consecutive U.S. Presidents (President John F. Kennedy, President...

Roger Webb, Lifetime Student of the Restaurant Industry joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why the brand is the experience. The conversation begins with Roger sharing the story of how he first met Dave Thomas, Founder of  Wendy’s . Later he shares his experience of when he first joined Wendy’s as the company opened its third restaurant. Today there ove...

Aarjav Trivedi , Founder & CEO of  Ridecell  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how digitizing and automating fleet management leads to increase revenue and profitability for logistics and mobility companies. The conversation begins with Aarjav discussing the founding of Ridecell 1.0 in Atlanta, GA. The experience of waiting for the bus in the...

John Eggert , Automotive Business Development,  FLIR Systems  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how thermal imaging is making roads safer. The conversation begins with John sharing his thoughts on the current state of the autonomous vehicle industry while looking back to 2015 when he first started his career in the industry. [The industry] has be...

Chase Koch , President of  Koch Disruptive Technologies  (KDT), and  Andrew Smith , CEO & Founder of  Outrider  join  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss automation, partnerships, and the power of the Koch network for principled disruptive entrepreneurs. The conversation begins with Grayson sharing a high-level overview of  Koch In...

Joshua Schachter , Investor, and Founder of  Self Racing Cars  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss what’s next and the current state of investing in the private markets. The conversation begins with Joshua sharing his thoughts on new trends that he is starting to see emerge and his philosophy regarding investing. One of his key investment traits is...

Chef Hugo Bolanos , Executive Chef, and Co-Founder,  Búho Rouge  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss timing, passion, and risk. The conversation begins with Hugo sharing his memories of growing up in Guatemala and the influence that his grandfather and father had on his life. After a bad investment in textiles, Hugo’s father took a huge gamble and...

Colin Roche , Co-Founder & CEO of  Swiftmile  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss gas stations of the future - electric charging hubs. The conversation begins with Colin telling the story of how entering a raffle during a Christmas party and eventually winning an electric bike inspired him to co-found Swiftmile. Taking a step back in history, C...

Alvaro Ramis , VP of Business Development and Alliances, Bestmile joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why robotaxis are the Shangri-La of mobility. The conversation begins with Alvaro talking about his career which started in banking and later the travel industry, before joining the mobility industry. Throughout his career, Alvaro has always had a focus on i...

Bobby Hambrick, Founder & CEO,  AutonomouStuff  and Chief Autonomous Officer,  Hexagon  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the founding of AutonomouStuff, the acquisition by Hexagon, and why AutonomouStuff is an American success story. The conversation begins with Bobby telling the story of how he founded AutonomouStuff in a bar...

Jillian Slyfield , Digital Economy Practice Leader,  Aon  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current state of the insurance markets and the digital economy. The conversation begins with Jillian sharing a high-level overview of Aon and the current state of the insurance markets. It’s the hardest market that we have seen in 25 years. – Jill...

David Welch , Detroit Bureau Chief, Bloomberg joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the mobility SPAC market. The conversation begins with David sharing his thoughts on the current state of the mobility SPAC market. He brings up the valid point of who is conducting the scouting and due diligence on the deals. Grayson then asks David about the supposed due dili...

Jordan Coleman , General Counsel and Vice President of Policy,  Kodiak Robotics  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss autonomous trucking logistics. The conversation begins with Jordan talking about his journey from corporate lawyer to start-up lawyer. His love of being a lawyer and working on transformative technology and what happened when Kodiak...

Russ Mitchell  who covers the rapidly changing global auto industry (with special emphasis on California, including Tesla, electric vehicles, and driverless cars) at The Los Angeles Times once again joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss California’s Electric Future. The conversation begins with a discussion about California Governor Newsom’s  executi...

Jesse Blumenthal, Vice President, Technology & Innovation,  Stand Together  and Director, Technology & Innovation at the  Charles Koch Institute  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how innovation improves lives. The conversation begins with a discussion around innovation in society and the positive impacts it has had throughout h...

John Rossant , Founder & CEO of  Commotion  and Chairman of the  NewCities Foundation  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast for a global conversation about mobility and cities. The conversation begins with a discussion around public transportation in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles. Grayson and John discuss the culture of cities and why this is...

James Wu , CEO & Co-Founder of  DeepMap  joins  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss mega-trends, high-precision maps, and DeepMap’s privacy-first approach to HD Maps. In this episode, Grayson and James discuss HD mapping and how HD maps are enabling all SAE Levels of autonomy. The conversation starts with James discussing why he founded DeepMap&n...