Tesla and Google have brought the idea of self-driving cars to mainstream and have generated enormous interest. Tesla has been at the forefront bringing the idea of autonomous driving to mainstream. George Hotz wants to challenge them. He started building the technology from his garage.
George Hotz is a first hacker who built tool to jailbreak IPhone and hacked the Sony play station. He shifted his hacking prowess to Cars. He started a company Comma.ai to create autonomous cars using Deep learning technology, a branch of Artificial Intelligence. Comma.ai has attracted the interest of influential investors like Chris Dixon from Andreessen Horowitz.
Chris Dixon shares his thoughts on the technology and reason for their investment in the company.