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Waymo CEO John Krafcik steps down, replaced by two co-CEOs

The Verge

Tekedra Mawakana, Waymo’s chief operating officer, and Dmitri Dolgov, the company’s chief technology officer, will work jointly as co-CEOs going forward. Before joining Waymo, Krafcik served as president and CEO of Hyundai’s American operations (in addition to a stint at automotive price comparison site TrueCar).

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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014. In November, Impinj introduced new tag chips, which work with automotive parts, pharmaceuticals and food products. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Diorio founded Impinj in 2000 while teaching at the University of Washington. Impinj went public in 2016.

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The Lucid Air is a luxury electric sedan with the speed and power to rival Tesla

The Verge

Under direction of the former Tesla Model S lead engineer Peter Rawlinson — then Lucid Motors’ CTO, now its CEO — there is a sense in the automotive world that Lucid has the internal knowledge and technical chops to tease Tesla’s grip as maker of the ultimate electric luxury sedan. the Lucid Air is no Model S knockoff.

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