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Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Kyle's pitch on demo day focused on a retrofit kit for Audi cars, which was a more achievable goal than pitching full self-driving technology, making it easier to raise funds.

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Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality

@ Y Combinator

Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality

04/12/24

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Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Kyle's initial project at Y Combinator involved creating a retrofit system for Audi S4s, which helped him gain commercial validation without needing a full self-driving car from the start.

Geoff Ralston

10/11/18

@ Y Combinator

Bringing a prototype or demo to your pitch can significantly enhance your chances of convincing investors of your capability to deliver.

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Cruz, a successful hard tech company, was co-founded by Kyle, who previously worked on the MIT autonomous car team and aimed to create a commercial version of that technology.

Y Combinator Cast

12/14/24

@ Y Combinator

The story of Scale AI exemplifies a classic startup journey, where founders pivoted from an unrelated idea to successfully address the demand for data labeling in AI, particularly for self-driving cars.

Severin Hacker

05/19/25

@ 20VC with Harry Stebbings

We raised our Series A on a prototype, which was challenging because many investors doubted our potential to become a public company.

Chris Williamson Cast

04/01/25

@ Chris Williamson

Tesla's camera-only approach for self-driving cars is scalable and efficient, while competitors like Whimo are currently ahead in deployment experience.

Y Combinator Cast

02/09/24

@ Y Combinator

AI co-pilot products attract interest from potential customers, but the challenge lies in getting them to actually use the co-pilot effectively.

John Whaley

04/28/25

@ EO

Many pitches at this event used AI as a buzzword rather than demonstrating its practical application.

Michael Truell

06/11/25

@ Y Combinator

We were inspired by the success of GitHub Copilot, which demonstrated that useful AI products could be created, motivating us to pursue our own ambitious ideas in AI.