Waymo and TuSimple autonomous trucking leaders on the difficulty of building a highway-safe AI – TechCrunch

TuSimple and Waymo are in the lead in the emerging sector of autonomous trucking; TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou and Waymo trucking head Boris Sofman had an in-depth discussion of their industry and the tech they're building at TC Mobility 2020. Interestingly, while they're solving for the same problems, they have very different backgrounds and approaches. Hou and Sofman started out by talking about why they were pursuing the trucking market in the first place. "The market is massive; I think in the United States, $700-$800 billion a year is spent on the trucking industry. It's continuing to grow every single year," said Sofman, who joined Waymo from Anki last year to lead the effort in freight.