Zoox vs Waymo

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takt30

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takt30
Oct 12, 2021 16 Comments

Which one to take?

Is Zoox’s technology far behind? Their culture seems appealing to me though.

Both TCs: ~340k

#waymo #zoox
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TOP 16 Comments
  • Google
    hh82a903

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    hh82a903
    Zoox is far behind Waymo and Cruise. Lot fewer miles, lot more disengages, no driverless testing. But they pay real money, if you work there you might not have to live with roommates in some tiny rental apartment.
    Oct 12, 2021 2
    • Zoox
      chk&wffls

      Go to company page Zoox

      chk&wffls
      Behind Waymo in terms of autonomy, yes. Behind Cruise? Ehhh... in some areas yes, but I also think we're ahead in other areas. Their "driverless testing" statement is more of a PR stunt than a testemony to their tech
      Oct 13, 2021
    • Zoox
      GumTheory

      Go to company page Zoox

      GumTheory
      “In terms of autonomy “ is not a good qualifier for self driving industry. That is literally the biggest thing that matters.
      Although I will argue we are behind Waymo in a lot of other ways: top talent, infrastructure, technology, removing the driver, PR, both highway and urban driving efforts, probably others I am missing. The only thing we know we might be ahead in is development of a L5 capable vehicle. In this L4 first race, it’s difficult to estimate how much that is worth it.
      Oct 14, 2021
  • Uber
    udevs

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    udevs
    Difficult to judge who is far behind, when they either don’t have a product on the streets or their product is very sandboxed. Tbh I would just go with a metric of people-I-liked-the-most/culture/compensation
    Oct 12, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    VIpf58

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    VIpf58
    Isn’t zoox acquired by Amazon? In which case, it’s possible that zoox culture would soon become like amazon’s
    Oct 12, 2021 2
    • Google
      jfkwisn

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      jfkwisn
      Amazon manages their acquisitions in a very isolated way versus amazon proper. Twitch and ring for example have completely separate corporate cultures in comparison to Amazon corporate.
      Oct 12, 2021
    • Zoox
      zV2newguy

      Go to company page Zoox

      zV2newguy
      Can confirm, pretty arms length from Amazon. Mainly we just get to ask questions about AWS.
      Oct 12, 2021
  • Apple
    VJpm06

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    VJpm06
    Would you be able to give a breakdown of the offer? Did you get any ZARs and included them in the TC? I’m trying to negotiate with them. Also is that L5 in their HQ?
    Oct 12, 2021 1
  • Google
    RTOnonono

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    RTOnonono
    What does RSU look like? How do you value Zoox, do you get Amazon RSU?
    Oct 12, 2021 1
    • New
      takt30

      New

      takt30
      OP
      Amazon RSUs
      Oct 12, 2021