Another note on the Lawsuit: Levandowski isn't a layman when it comes to Lidar. Between Darpa and beginning his tenure at Google he founded 510 systems, a little known lidar company that was fundamental to Google's mapping and autonomy efforts, which was quietly acquired by Google in 2011. I'm not sure how this might affect the outcome of the case, or if it will grant Levandowski any leverage in court.
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