Sebastian Thrun founded Udacity and previously led Google's self-driving car project. He directed the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and is known for robotics and autonomous vehicle research that helped launch the modern self-driving industry.12
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- Founder
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- Udacity
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Udacity and autonomous driving
Thrun founded Udacity to expand access to technical education. Earlier he led Google's self-driving car effort and Stanford's AI Lab; his Stanford materials document robotics and autonomous driving work.12
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- Udacity 1 person in the wiki
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