Some of the world's leading automakers are all turning to the same company to help bring past the self-driving finish line. Aurora CEO and Co-Founder Chris Urmson joins Cheddar at CES to discuss his firm's newly-announced partnership with Volkswagen Group. He describes his company's goal as providing the "drivers," by way of software, for autonomous vehicles.
The partnership is focused on developing "mobility as a service" initiative in major cities. Urmson describes how Aurora will help Volkswagen Group's fleet of self-driving cars, known as Sedric, connect people in urban communities. He explains how the service initiative will help people with mobility issues of their own, as well as making transportation easier for commuters.
Urmson reveals how his company spent the past year working with Volkswagen Group to integrate its system into the automaker's fleet. He breaks down Aurora's high-pedigree founding team, including himself, a veteran of Google's self-driving initiative, and Sterling Anderson, one of the minds behind the launch of Tesla's Model X.
At Apple's annual keynote event Wednesday, the tech giant unveiled three new iPhone models as well as a redesigned Apple Watch.
Your phone's autofill function can come up with some strange suggestions, but Botnik Studios wants to put an intentionally comedic spin on predictive text. CEO Jamie Brew joined Cheddar to discuss how he's creating art out of machine learning.
Digital adviser Pefin incorpoates machine learning with financial advice. Ramya Joseph, the company's founder, told us she started the company after helping her father get through the last recession.
Louis Hsieh, the CFO of NIO, which went public on the NYSE Wednesday, said that the Chinese regulations and restrictions on the automotive industry have left no choice but to prioritize electric vehicles.
Snap Inc. opened at an all-time low Wednesday morning after BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield downgraded the stock and gave it 12-month price target of $5 a share. The stock fell about 10 percent to start the day.
Ganesh Bell, the president of Uptake, said that his company's software will be able to predict when machines will fail before they do, helping avoid costly mistakes. Uptake uses artificial intelligence in the industrial space for big business in order to streamline their processes.
Something different looms over this year's annual Apple keynote: an escalating trade war with China, a country on which the company is so dependent. What will that mean for the consumer? Plus, could there be some surprises in store at Wednesday's event?
Craig Woerz, managing partner at Media Storm, said a certain amount of regulation might be good for an ad industry buffeted by concerns over transparency.
Apple caused more than a few waves last year when it rolled out its first $1,000 iPhone. The company will announce the latest set of products on Wednesday, days after it wrote to the government that it would be forced to raise prices because of the latest tariffs levied against China. Quartz's deputy tech editor Mike Murphy breaks down what to expect.
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