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Re:Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets by vl on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:58PM (#20813838)
Google has special compensation structure for some startup-like projects designed to keep talent in the company instead of leaving and building their own company. After they hit (or were thought to hit) all milestones, self-driving unit was valued at 8B by independent assessment. As one of the leaders, Lewandowki’s share was 120M.
Re:Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets by nostrademons on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @07:45PM (#20815516)
Also, they bought his startup (510 Systems) to bootstrap the self-driving car unit. It's possible at least some of that $120M was an earn-out from the acquisition.
Re:Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets by dannyw on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @11:31AM (#20820776)
His startup was founded after he joined Google.