The crazy story how self-driving’s biggest star stole Google secrets, joined Uber, and became bankrupt

The crazy story how self-driving’s biggest star stole Google secrets, joined Uber, and became bankrupt

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https://thenextweb.com/shift/2020/05/11/how-self-driving-star-levandowski-stole-google-secrets-joined-uber-became-bankrupt/

What started out as a private legal case between Google and its former head of self-driving technology, Anthony Levandowski, that no one really batted an eyelid over, evolved into a public nightmare for all involved. With most cases against Levandowski having been settled, the former Google engineer and his most recent employer, Uber no less, are now left pointing fingers over who would pick up the $180 million bill.

During a case between two of Levandowski’s former employers, Google and Uber, Waymo lawyers allegedly painted the self-driving sensation out to be a troublesome and challenging employee, not the entrepreneurial and passionate engineer his past exploits suggest him to be.