Chris Urmson is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora, a company trying to bring autonomous driving to commercial trucking.

Chris led a team at the 2004 DARPA challenge that launched the autonomous vehicle industry. Then he held a senior role at Google’s self-driving car project, which later became Waymo.

On the show today, he talks about the long arc of autonomous driving, why he left Google, and the future of autonomous trucking.

Chris Urmson is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora, a company trying to bring autonomous driving to commercial trucking. Chris led a team at the 2004 DARPA challenge that launched the autonomous vehicle industry. Then he held a senior role at Google&rsquo;s self-driving car project, which later became Waymo. On the show today, he talks about the long arc of autonomous driving, why he left Google, and the future of autonomous trucking.

Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with entrepreneurs and engineers tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with&nbsp;entrepreneurs and engineers&nbsp;tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.
iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

What's Your Problem?

Every week on What’s Your Problem, entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there.

How do you take a drone delivery service you’ve built in Rwanda and make it work in North Carolina? How do you convince people to buy a house on the Internet? How do you sell thousands of dog ramps to weiner dogs all across America when a pandemic breaks the global supply chain? 

Hosted by former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein, What’s Your Problem helps listeners understand the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

From Desert Robots to Driverless Trucks

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Mitch Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Arc Boats. Mitch's problem is this: How do you build competitively priced electric boats?

On today’s show, Mitch explains why water makes electrification so hard, the techno-economic puzzle of building giant battery packs, and how Arc’s high-end wake sport boat opened the door for a new generation of hybrid-electric tugboats.

Mitch Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Arc Boats. Mitch's problem is this: How do you build competitively priced electric boats? On today&rsquo;s show, Mitch explains why water makes electrification so hard, the techno-economic puzzle of building giant battery packs, and how Arc&rsquo;s high-end wake sport boat opened the door for a new generation of hybrid-electric tugboats.

We’re Going to Need a Better Boat

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Nina Mohanty is the founder and CEO of Bloom Money. Nina’s problem is this: How do you build an app to help immigrants manage their money? 

On today’s show, Nina talks about bringing a saving and lending practice into the 21st century, navigating regulators who’ve never seen anything like it, and what global traditions can teach us about the future of money.

Nina Mohanty is the founder and CEO of Bloom Money. Nina&rsquo;s problem is this: How do you build an app to help immigrants manage their money? On today&rsquo;s show, Nina talks about bringing a saving and lending practice into the 21st century, navigating regulators who&rsquo;ve never seen anything like it, and what global traditions can teach us about the future of money.

The App Where Strangers Lend Each Other Money

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What's Your Problem? host Jacob Goldstein has a new show: Business History. 

How did Hitler’s favorite car become synonymous with hippies? What got Thomas Edison tangled up with the electric chair? Did someone murder the guy who invented the movies? On Business History, Jacob and fellow former Planet Money host Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small and find out what you can learn from those who founded them.

In this episode: The inventor that transformed America and the world. Thomas Alva Edison registered over one thousand patents before he died in 1931—and we can thank him for advances in electric power, communications technology, music recording and even the movies. But his biggest breakthrough doesn't get nearly enough attention. In many ways, Edison invented modern inventing. Jacob and Robert they trace the life story of a scrappy young boy with bad hearing who almost singlehandedly invented R&D. This is the first of a three part series on Edison—if you want to hear the full series, ad-free, right now, join Pushkin+ on the Business History show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.

Find Business History (00:10) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get podcasts.

What's Your Problem? host Jacob Goldstein has a new show: <a href="https://apple.co/4nuRrLg">Business History</a>. How did Hitler&rsquo;s favorite car become synonymous with hippies? What got Thomas Edison tangled up with the electric chair? Did someone murder the guy who invented the movies? On Business History, Jacob and fellow former Planet Money host Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small and find out what you can learn from those who founded them. In this episode: The inventor that transformed America and the world. Thomas Alva Edison registered over one thousand patents before he died in 1931&mdash;and we can thank him for advances in electric power, communications technology, music recording and even the movies. But his biggest breakthrough doesn't get nearly enough attention.&nbsp;In many ways, Edison invented modern inventing. Jacob and Robert they trace the life story of a scrappy young boy with bad hearing who almost singlehandedly invented R&amp;D.&nbsp;This is the first of a three part series on Edison&mdash;if you want to hear the full series, ad-free, right now, join Pushkin+ on the Business History show page on Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://pushkin.fm/plus">pushkin.fm/plus</a>.
Find <a href="https://apple.co/4nuRrLg">Business History</a> (00:10) on <a href="https://apple.co/4nuRrLg">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCqHmuyMoj8NXXFHP6wIi?si=b69941e775e54aba">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessHistoryPod">YouTube</a>, or wherever you get podcasts.

Introducing Business History: The Edison Invention People Don't Talk About

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