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Re:Mass layoffs reported after Starsky Robotics fails to fin... by a_t48 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:15AM (#22421320)
https://www.ccjdigital.com/starksy-robotics-wraps-nearly-10-... It's possible that they relied too much on remote assistance. Really hard to say what state their tech is in and what stage investors want to see before putting in cash.
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Re:Mass layoffs reported after Starsky Robotics fails to fin... by shorts_theory on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:54AM (#22422876)
> “We beat Waymo. We beat all the big OEMs. We’ve beat just about the whole industry,” says Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, founder and CEO of the San Francisco based start-up.

I find this statement pretty disingenuous when Waymo is trying to tackle the part of the problem Starsky isn't able to solve with their own self-driving tech - driving without a human in the loop for the last mile.

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Re:Mass layoffs reported after Starsky Robotics fails to fin... by anon102010 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @09:17AM (#22423070)
Given they beat all these big players their valuation should be extremely high
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