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MrSandman··on Rathi Murthy – Former Expedia Exec Joins Varo Bank
Murthy was previously a CTO at Verizon Media, and held executive roles at Gap, American Express, eBay, and Yahoo.

“I’ve been deeply inspired by Varo’s mission to make financial inclusion and opportunity a reality for all — empowering everyone with the tools to move their lives forward,” Murthy said on LinkedIn.

Murthy was at Expedia for three years, helping the Seattle-based travel juggernaut integrate AI into its platform.

MrSandman··on Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison as new lawsuit against Uber filed
Agreed. Reuters is already writing about how engineers need to be vigilant and the steps you should take to protect yourself: https://www.reuters.com/article/autonomous-uber-levandowski-...
MrSandman··on Levandowski files suit against Uber [pdf]
I used filebin to create a link - should be fine. Otherwise the doc is behind a paywall.
MrSandman··on Levandowski files suit against Uber [pdf]
244. Mr. Levandowski therefore seeks a declaration that Uber has no right to rescind the Indemnification Agreement without also rescinding the Otto transaction and returning all consideration received from that deal. 245. In addition, Mr. Levandowski seeks damages, including any consequential damages, arising out of Uber’s rescission of the Otto transaction.
MrSandman··on Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever
Time zones are a huge problem! I can't connect. It's so taxing to find a time that works!
MrSandman··on Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months
It's my understanding is that Google X is a marketing / PR platform for Google. Google X doesn't ever need to actually produce anything or create any real-world value because their value is in the PR they generate for Google - keeping them positioned through press as a technology company vs. the largest advertising company in the world. Many of the Google X projects are acquisitions/acquihires purchased to continue the narrative. It's why they never ship products and can't get anything out the door. If this works - it'll be one of the first after billions invested. They've done an excellent job I would say.
MrSandman··on Levandowski agrees to plea deal over Google secrets
Why are you pulling from an article from last August? There is news happening in real-time about this with updates. The DOJ dropped all those charges. If they could have proven it they wouldn't have allowed a plea. He was accused not convicted...He plead because he's bankrupt from a civil suit with Google and the DOJ let it drop because their case isn't strong enough. Look at the Fitbit case. And funny enough - GOogle went on to buy them just a few months after.
MrSandman··on Levandowski agrees to plea deal over Google secrets
Did you read any of the news articles? This isn't about stealing designs...
MrSandman··on Levandowski agrees to plea deal over Google secrets
To your point. He started the program. Not that there is no fault - it's just ironic - Google mad people are "stealing" from them and they made billions by stealing all our data... In the end Google ended up shutting down its main SDC rival's entire program, recuperating all their money including employee salary, and raising 2.5 billion. Not too shabby
MrSandman··on Levandowski agrees to plea deal over Google secrets
The document was an open meeting minutes team spreadsheet. It’s how Google runs their teams, tabs like OKRs, Metrics, Weekly Updates, Progress, etc. Definitely a valuable document but trade secret? jail? Bankruptcy? Meanwhile, Waymo just raised 2.5Billion.
MrSandman··on Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179M to Google
Fraud? What? This trial hasn’t even gone to court. You’re making blanket statements about someone’s life based on accusations from a Big Tech company and their PR teams. This person has been accused -not convicted and is going bankrupt because he is fighting Google. I know this is a Bay Area forum - half of you probably work for Google but give me a break. They steal personal information from everyone who uses their products every single day. They buy up an competition - they don’t play fair. They are the largest advertising company in the world - let’s not pretend like they’re more than that. Or they are some virtuous company that wouldn’t personally go after someone who is a threat to them and working with a competitor. Destroying others so theirs is positioned to raise 2 Billion dollars. This guy just got caught in the crossfire. This is just parroting headlines.
MrSandman··on Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179M to Google
It hasn’t even been decided if anything was stolen in the first place. It’s still in court. Only a civil trial has been settled.