Anthony Levandowski, Date of Birth

Anthony Levandowski

American artificial intelligence researcher

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1980

Profession: artificial intelligence researcher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Anthony Levandowski (born March 15, 1980) is an American and French dual-national citizen and notable self-driving car engineer.
In 2016 he co-founded Otto, an autonomous trucking company, with Lior Ron, Claire Delaunay and Don Burnette.
Prior to Otto, he built the Google self-driving car while working as a co-founder and technical lead on the project, known as Waymo.
He is known for his work in the advancement of self-driving technology.
In 2018 he co-founded Pronto, which he announced via a blog post.
Pronto was the first company to complete a cross-country drive in an autonomous vehicle in October 2018.
At the 2019 AV Summit hosted by The Information, Levandowski remarked that a fundamental breakthrough in AI is needed to move autonomous vehicle technology forward.On May 15, 2017, United States District Judge banned Levandowski from further work on Otto's Lidar technology on the basis of having breached the confidentiality of former employer Waymo.
On May 30, 2017, Uber fired Levandowski for failing to cooperate with investigators.
On August 27, 2019 he was indicted on 33 federal charges of alleged theft of self-driving car trade secrets.
He and Uber founder Travis Kalanick have been suspected of working together to bring over intellectual property to Uber in a civil suit that was settled before a judgement could be made.