Anthony Levandowski was indicted after all, and now his startup may be in trouble

Anthony Levandowski was indicted after all, and now his startup may be in trouble
Earlier this week, the bumbling bad boy of the self-driving car industry, Anthony Levandowski, was charged with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from his former employer, Google.

Back up a second -- what happened?
Here’s a timeline of how A-Lev got here. He:

1. Developed automated vehicles at Google’s Waymo (2008-2016)
2. Left to start his own AV company, Otto (2016)
3. Joined Uber when it acquired Otto for $600m (2016)
4. Got sued by Waymo, accused of stealing trade secrets (2017)
5. Was cleared ofcivilcharges when Google settled with Uber (2018)
6. Launched a new AV company, Pronto.ai (2018)
7. Was arrested again oncriminalcharges (2019, this week)

So, now what?
Pronto.ai, which is less than 2 years old, wrote in a statement that Levandowski’s charges had to do only with lidar, and not with Pronto.ai’s technology -- which, it insists, is far newer and more groundbreaking.

But, if Levandowski is convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison and $250kper charge-- and without Levandowski at the wheel, the company could end its drive early.

 

Levandowski Charges


Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber engineer, has been charged with stealing driverless car technology from Alphabet's Waymo unit. The companies settled a civil case over the matter last year, but the criminal case could see Levandowski put behind bars for up to a decade. Fortune

 

He should change his name to Anthony Kleptokowsky. A career thief and liar who constantly stole trade secrets to advance nobody other than himself. Take 10000 Americans of Scandinavian/German/British/Irish origin, 10k of Italian,/Spanish/French/Belgian origin, 10k of East European origin, 10k American Jews, 10k African American, 10k Hispanics, 10k Chinese American. Anyone wants to venture a guess which group comes up with the least crimes, convictions, transgressions, and immoral behavior? Any people still claim its racists that must be blamed and not cultural differences? To be fair I went off tangent but in cases like this I am constantly reminded again that there are cultural differences that seemingly can't be overcome. One above group is seemingly rarely implicated when I read about recent crimes, whether white collar or not.

 

Ans. Americans of Scandinavian/German/British/Irish origin They are not bright enough. What a terrible slur.

 

They are honest enough, and that was the point. And why is that a slur if your answer holds?

 

Police corruption and Irish Cops and Irish Mafia are not oxymorons. What a terrible slur. I suppose I am talking about the old days?

 

Yes you are, lol, Irish mafia. Which movies have you watched lately? And keep in mind I spoke in relative terms. Wanna compare the number of Americans of Irish origin who are in the mafia or committed crimes with the number of Russian Americans or American Jews who are in the mafia or committed crimes? Be my guest. Furthermore, you are picking one extreme, I clearly mentioned the entire spectrum of immoral behavior, from white lies all the way to murder. But hey, I don't expect a reply from you once you fail to come up with other counter arguments, as always you love to just disappear, never did you once admit you possibly got it wrong.

 

You should not have included Irish if you wanted your remark to have the highest degree of accuracy.