Cruise is building the world’s most advanced, all-electric, self-driving car technology to safely connect people with the places, things, and experiences they care about. Self-driving cars will help save lives, reimagine cities, redefine time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for individuals who live in dense urban settings.
Cruise is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2014 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Self-driving cars. The founders listed are Kyle Vogt (Founder/CEO), Daniel Kan (Founder/COO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 20, 2013).
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Cruise is building the world’s most advanced, all-electric, self-driving car technology to safely connect people with the places, things, and experiences they care about. Self-driving cars will help save lives, reimagine cities, redefine time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for individuals who live in dense urban settings. Acquired by GM in 2016.
Kyle Vogt
Founder/CEO
Kyle started Cruise in 2013, eventually selling it to GM for $1 billion. He stayed on and led Cruise to a $30 billion valuation, over $7 billion in investment, and 250,000 fully driverless rides delivered. Kyle also co-founded Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Socialcam (acquired by Autodesk), and Justin.tv. Kyle studied computer science and electrical engineering at MIT.
Daniel Kan
Founder/COO
Built Exec (W12), Cruise (W14), now Fifth Door (F25)
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