Anthony Levandowski
Government, Business, Technology
Levandowski at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Anthony Levandowski Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets From Google
Levandowski at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Autonomous technology developer Anthony Levandowski has pleaded guilty to federal theft of trade secrets charges, according to documents filed in federal court March 19.
March 20, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Levandowski via David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
Self-Driving Pioneer Anthony Levandowski Goes Bankrupt After $179 Million Ruling
Levandowski via David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
Anthony Levandowski, one of Silicon Valley’s most highly prized engineers, filed for bankruptcy after Google won a $179 million award against him over his defection to Uber Technologies Inc.
March 5, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
Uber CEO: It ‘Sure Looked Like’ Levandowski Took Google’s Files
Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said Aug. 29 that “it sure looked like” former executive Anthony Levandowski took information on self-driving cars from his former employer, Google.
August 29, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous, Breaking News
Levandowski at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Grand Jury Indicts Anthony Levandowski for Trade Secret Thefts
Levandowski at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Autonomous technology pioneer Anthony Levandowski was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he stole trade secrets from Google that he later used on other projects, including the Otto self-driving truck.
August 27, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
CEO Anthony Levandowski courtesy of Pronto
Self-Driving Truck Startup Pronto Pursues Gradual Path to Automation
CEO Anthony Levandowski courtesy of Pronto
Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving than many of its competitors in the increasingly crowded race to bring automation to trucking.
February 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Levandowski by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Uber Denies It Knew About Copied Data in Waymo Secrets Suit
Levandowski by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Uber Technologies Inc. said it didn’t know about the alleged theft of proprietary information from Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit by an executive until Waymo filed a lawsuit in February.
July 3, 2017Who's Liable in an Autonomous Truck Accident?
Panelists discuss liability in an accident during the "Autonomous Trucking: How Soon? How Disruptive?" panel at ATA's Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas Oct. 4, 2016.
October 18, 2016Otto's Anthony Levandowski on Autonomous Benefits
Many years from now, "None of the new trucks will have a cab on them -- it just doesn't make sense," Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski says in this excerpt from "Autonomous Trucking: How Soon? How Disruptive?" panel at #MCEVegas.
October 18, 2016