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Waymo's CEO said early startups make one fatal mistake in every tech hype cycle

Dmitri Dolgov said tech breakthroughs improve early progress but don't address the "long tail," the complex edge cases that need time and effort.

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Waymo's CEO said early startups make one fatal mistake in every tech hype cycleDmitri Dolgov said tech breakthroughs improve early progress but don't address the "long tail," the complex edge cases that need time and effort.
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