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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
1 year
when @cruise was acquired in 2016, @sama came to celebrate bringing a bunch of nice bottles. he thought he was in the wrong place as everyone was working despite the announcement. we weren't done then and we aren't done now. this is how we stay a startup inside of @gm
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
After 8 years we finally get to share what we have been doing w/ the world. I can’t thank the entire @Cruise team for all of their hard work to make this a reality. i couldn’t be more proud of what we have accompished. @kvogt we did it!
@Cruise
cruise
2 years
Hey San Francisco, ready to ride? Be one of the first to experience the magic of a driverless ride. Sign up today at
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Daniel Kan
2 years
when you need @LFrequencies tunes for your first driverless ride…
@kvogt
Kyle Vogt
2 years
1) Monday night was a night I’ll never forget. I’m still speechless. I got to take the first ride, by anyone, ever, in a *driverless* robotaxi on the streets of San Francisco. This was officially ride #1 for @Cruise . Full story and vids below.
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Daniel Kan
1 year
huge moment for the @Cruise team to make this happen. finally ready to start scaling up!
@kvogt
Kyle Vogt
1 year
Well folks, we did it. I have been waiting for this day for almost 10 years. I am proud to announce @Cruise is now running 24/7 across all of San Francisco! This is a pivotal moment for our business. Let me tell you why 👇(1/6)
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Daniel Kan
1 year
SF is over?! 🤣 a year ago i was sitting in a @cruise in this level of traffic wondering if we would be able to navigate it. the answer was yes. today it is a regular occurrence
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Kyle Vogt
1 year
I can’t count the times I’ve been told that AVs will *never* be able to handle certain situations. How about taking a passenger through North Beach on St. Patrick’s day? Absolutely wild. Thanks to this driverless @Cruise AV (named Twin Peaks) for the clip.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
9 months
amazing for the industry. can’t congratulate the team that has been working on this enough.
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Daniel Kan
1 year
when you realize your car will start driving itself all day every day...
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Daniel Kan
1 year
launched day time, so had to do a sunrise set w a little @taylorswift13
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Daniel Kan
1 year
Fun Fact: naming of our AVs started when an intern at Cruise named the first ones "Scarlet" and "Quicksilver" so that we could easily tell them apart. previously they were something like AV1 and AV2. today we name every AV to help humanize an otherwise humanless experience
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Daniel Kan
1 year
took us 15 months, but we finally hit 1M driverless miles!
@kvogt
Kyle Vogt
1 year
. @cruise hit 1,000,000 driverless miles! That’s 40 trips around the planet, with nobody behind the wheel. The fun thing about the rapid scaling we're doing is that that 1M miles will seem *tiny* by the end of this year. So excited to get more people in AVs!
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Daniel Kan
2 years
Could not be more excited for @cruise . @kvogt has shown us that extraordinary growth can happen at every step as we launched our first driverless service. Glad that this is now permanent.
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cruise
2 years
2022 is going to be a huge year for us—let’s do this @kvogt !
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Daniel Kan
2 years
@kvogt @Cruise get that person a medal - first person to nap in an AV!
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Daniel Kan
1 year
just another video of 40m of driving through sf during the day. nbd. my kid will definitely not need to learn to drive.
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cruise
1 year
As @rihanna once said, "Shut Up and Drive". 🎶 🚗
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
The trends are going the wrong way. Some alarming statistical trends they’ve observed during the pandemic: “Fewer Americans drove but those who did took more risks and had more fatal crashes.”
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Daniel Kan
1 year
53% fewer collisions than humans who drive in SF. we need AVs to reverse the horrible trend of growing traffic accidents!
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Kyle Vogt
1 year
When do we really want AI to beat humans? When it comes to road safety. Across our first 1,000,000 miles, we see evidence that @Cruise AVs perform more safely on average than human drivers. Full report linked below. Let’s Cruise!
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@andrewchen i am definitely more engaged
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Daniel Kan
1 year
can’t wait for y’all to experience this!
@olivercameron
Oliver Cameron
1 year
🦾 @Cruise is fully driverless, fully awesome, and now available any time of day. Rolling out to all our customers very soon.
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Daniel Kan
2 years
this week was a crazy one but so proud of the team for making all this possible.
@olivercameron
Oliver Cameron
2 years
This week, @Cruise launched fully driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco. Yesterday at an event called Under the Hood, we shared just how we did it. Here are just a few of my favorite details 🧵
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
Given our @Cruise service runs from 11pm-5am at the moment, @FestusEzeli has crowned it the new way to get home after a night out. Never have a ride of shame again. Maybe we should make it shoes optional 😂
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
4 years
Are you ready...
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Daniel Kan
3 years
@ycombinator just released their top companies as of jan 21 and @Cruise is #4 ! Big congrats to the team on making AVs one of YC's top companies.
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@elonmusk bots included?
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Daniel Kan
2 years
@garrytan @paulg @WHITEMAN_YOLO Can attest to this. Garry is ux genius.
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Daniel Kan
2 years
@terrycrews dm coming so we can make this happen!
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Daniel Kan
5 years
@nanamaia_ No I didn’t. But the advice I’d give is you get as much as you put in. Code as much as you can. I’ve seen the difference between those who spend all of their available hours coding versus those who take it as a chore or job.
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Daniel Kan
1 year
when you ask chatgpt to write a birthday post for you. “A momentous occasion has arrived as we commemorate the completion of the initial year of existence for this little human. Let us revel in the jubilation and extend heartfelt felicitations on this auspicious 1st birthday!”
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Daniel Kan
1 year
My wife says I love to "debunk" movies and I can be annoying to watch movies with. Like questioning why in Star Wars, Rey would park her ship at the bottom of a mountain and hike up it to find Luke. It's not my fault that writers have left holes the size of Millenium Falcons.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
when you stack up $$$ after a long night
@Cruise
cruise
2 years
Today, we’re excited to announce an additional $1.35B investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund as we look ahead toward scaling our public self-driving ridehail service. What a way to start the year! 🚀
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1 year
@Forrest_PhD @mwseibel 3/n. you can’t outsource good content
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@ChristianPalino @Cruise Can't thank @ChristianPalino enough for his leadership. It has been a great 3 years working with you. Thank you for everything!
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2 years
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@jamiequint didn't you hear? Oatmilk is the default now.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@RobinhoodApp just screwed over the common person in what seems like the most shortsighted move by stopping trading of $GME, $AMC, $NOK and others. This week is crazy.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
@justinkan @lucy_guo @alexandravbotez i love you bro, but definitely both of them.
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Daniel Kan
1 year
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@mustafasuleymn @olivercameron only thing that would have made this video better would be if the camera turned to a mirror and it was another robot filming
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@BhaviniSoneji @cmlasa @Cruise @AdelinaMart @olivercameron we couldn’t have accomplished what we have thus far without you. you are an amazing teammate to work with!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
4 years
@pazpaz You should have a concert where you set up lines of rails, so everyone can be on the rail
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
4 years
@mstillwell8 They could fix all the streets in sf!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
1 year
@cruise wouldn’t be what it is without you! thanks for being part of the journey
@AlexHCase
Alex Case
1 year
After 5 incredible years today marks my last day at @Cruise . I am forever grateful for everything I learned from the hundreds of talented, intelligent, and collaborative folks I had the pleasure of working with over the years. It has been an amazing ride!
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@smealum thank you ;)
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@voretaq7 For sure there could be multiple ways to solve the problem. I am gonna go for one that doesn’t need massive infrastructure changes or city redesigns.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
9 years
@smealum no chance you can beat me. im pretty sure that i took you back to school as jigglypuff. #winning
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@smealum they were indeed
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
9 years
@lanceawhite @DIRECTVService @appletv @blockbuster I can't wait. This is beyond ridiculous. I just cancelled cause I can't pay them money...
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
7 years
@Bream_Hall @nottjmiller @FunnyAsianDude If you sent me a decal I'll put it on the car!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
10 years
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
@olivercameron i can’t wait to taste this 😂
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
1 year
@jamiequint like every election where people say they are moving to canada
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
6 years
@AriannaSimpson But @StephenCurry30 is investing in my stuffed animal collection at $420/share
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@Soengle what are they?!!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
5 years
@bergmantweets @HarryStebbings Thanks! Glad you liked it
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@garrytan i was one of those people. thought it was some new oem…
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
1 year
@Soengle what about Tim Reynolds!
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@GBousis @Uber gotta love miami
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Daniel Kan
10 years
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Daniel Kan
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
10 years
@justinkan @AriannaSimpson @AnnieMcP09 how about a selfie of me holding a model of me taking a selfie? http://t.co/S6Tezb78bB
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
7 years
@MEGra18 Thanks!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
@Soengle building off a lot of what you helped create!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
1 year
@mwseibel @instagram apparently posting it on twitter…
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
6 years
@Sarah_Hyland @cvspharmacy You should try @altopharmacy . They will deliver your meds to you same day. Way better than dealing w pickup
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
1 year
@itsmingjie @Cruise waitlist out now, in case you didn't see it. hit me up and we can see about a ride!
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1 year
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
10 months
@finbarr @British_Airways the fact that they have lost me as a customer after this flight for life and that i am going to hate on them until my goldfish brain forgets over $700 is kind of hilarious
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@Soengle The most influential for me was the idea that in any conversation there are three realities. What you think you implied, what you actually said, and what the other party heard. Aligning this is impossible without curiosity which is not default for most people.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
@BFawkes22 rams by 3.5 in this years super bowl. that extra point miss cost me big time.
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@csakon @kvogt we just added it, but just in case, hit me up and we will see how we get you a ride!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
9 years
@DIRECTVService I am on the phone with the 3rd person within your company today and they are telling me that I can't change my billing! WTF!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
10 years
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Daniel Kan
2 years
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@mstechyt @Cruise @kvogt hey Matty, DM open, hit me up and we can see about it
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@mooroobee @kvogt @Cruise dm me and we can get you on the list
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
9 years
@lanceawhite @DIRECTVService At least the @Seahawks game is on FOX this week. I will have a week to calm down and figure out a new solution.
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Daniel Kan
3 years
@LifeIsFavorable @solbier1 She actually was found. Thanks for your help! Sorry I forgot to provide and update.
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
4 years
@VZWSupport Yea I am. But how is this legal?! Why do we allow people to use your networks like this. This is crazy
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
11 years
@Fwiz @justinkan oh fo sho. gotta stay silky and smooth with the restoraderm
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
10 years
@AriannaSimpson @justinkan @AnnieMcP09 your small trophy is nothing compared to my banana mug http://t.co/0z2GMZMBZS
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Daniel Kan
1 year
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Daniel Kan
9 years
@smealum @ADT I wasn't even swearing this time.
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Daniel Kan
10 years
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Daniel Kan
4 years
@jasonkimvc @Raptors @celtics Oh yea, duh. But they didn’t repeat unfortunately
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
11 years
When did we start eating bacon and eggs for breakfast? Thanks @thrillify for this link: http://t.co/GjOkEIAbCW
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Daniel Kan
1 year
@andrewbcase @Cruise @sama @GM agreed. we actually had a party later that night with everyone and their partners who were there every step of the way.
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Daniel Kan
4 years
@ndrewlee @Spotify it won't let me. its grayed out. weird failure mode
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
2 years
@Soengle @Snap this is witchcraft!
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@danielkan
Daniel Kan
3 years
@chort0 Semi autonomous systems may have their problem but I’d love to see actual data that proves they are worse than humans. That said, fully autonomous systems are a completely different game and will eliminate the main problem from the loop: humans.
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