Bio
In 2016, Kyle and Cruise partnered with GM to help scale his vision for a driverless future, and in 2018 secured a $2.25 billion investment from the world’s largest technology investor, Softbank. Prior to Cruise, Kyle co-founded Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Socialcam (acquired by Autodesk), and Justin.tv, where he gained a following through an MIT email listserv ‘call to action’ and hero coded the project. A native of Kansas City, Kyle studied computer science and electrical engineering at MIT.
Career
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Cruise Automation Inc - founderSelf-driving car company that develops an autopilot system for existing cars. |
Education
Top investment portfolio themes
YCS15 (2)
Selected investments
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Triplebyte | Technical recruiting platform for Y Combinator startups. | Series A | ||
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Triplebyte | Technical recruiting platform for Y Combinator startups. | Venture |