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49. Shahin Farshchi Ph.D, General Partner at Lux Capital
Lux Capital General Partner Shahin Farshchi, PhD, talked with me about his background, Luxs history, and how the firm came to position itself as the leading investor in hard-tech. A focus on outstand
48. Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP at AMD
AMDs Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP, talked with me about his background, AMDs history, and how the company came to position itself as a bankable supplier with one of the most diverse semiconductor
47. Steve Patton, Americas Automotive Sector Leader at EY
Steve Patton shares EYs perspective on how consumer demand and regulations shape the automotive landscape. We touch on Chinese car makers, sustainability, electrification, autonomy and logistics. I
46. CES 2025, Marinated
With the advantage of letting a few days pass before collecting my thoughts, two themes came into focus. First, the rise of Chinese auto companies, and the mainstreaming of electric vehicles, autonom
45. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 2
Has any company made a bigger impact on the automotive sector in the last decade than Tesla? Love them or hate them, in electrification, auto dealership structure and passenger car autonomy Tesla has
44. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 1
Has any company made a bigger impact on the automotive sector in the last decade than Tesla? Love them or hate them, Tesla has masterfully used the extraordinary latitude its been afforded by investo
43. Georges Massing, Head of Automated Driving, Mercedes-Benz AG.
Can your AI make life-and-death decisions? Mercedes-Benzs Drive Pilot can. Does your AI vendor take legal responsibility for those life-and-death decisions? Mercedes does. Drive Pilot is the only c
42. The Future of Transportation: Insights from Reilly Brennan of Trucks VC
Reilly Brennan, author of the must-read Future of Transportation newsletter and partner at Trucks VC, returns to Tech Cars Machines for a discussion on recent trends in transportation investing. We di
41. Marc Amblard, Managing Director, Orsay Consulting
China, EVs, vehicles that are too big and too heavy, autonomy, the future of transportation and lessons from history. We cover hot news and trends in all these sectors with Marc Amblard, Partner at O
40. Savi Baveja, President, 3D Printing & Chief Incubation Officer, HP, Inc.
How do you start a new business in a large corporation and quickly scale it to hundreds of millions of revenues? Savi Baveja, President of 3D Printing and Chief Incubation Officer at HP, Inc. told me