Sebastian Thrun

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Sebastian Thrun (born May 14, 1967) is a German-American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and educator. He is an adjunct professor at Stanford University and is known for his work in self-driving cars, robotics, artificial intelligence, and online education. He is the co-founder of Google X, co-founder of Udacity, and former chief executive officer of Kitty Hawk Corporation. He is widely recognized for his contributions to autonomous driving systems, particularly as leader of the Google Chauffeur Project (now known as Waymo) and as the leader of the Stanford Racing that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, an event widely credited with accelerating research in self-driving technology.

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