Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freight

自动驾驶热潮回归，Humble Robotics 将其引入货运领域

The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s flowing back, and it’s the people who lived through that first wave who are building the next one.

自动驾驶领域开始让人感觉像是 2016 年炒作周期的重演。特拉维斯·卡兰尼克（Travis Kalanick）回归并创办了一家机器人公司，人才争夺战和资本热度正以与当年相同的方式升温。资金正在回流，而正是那些经历过第一波浪潮的人，正在构建下一波浪潮。

Humble Robotics founder and CEO Eyal Cohen is one of them. Cohen was at Otto when Uber came calling, later followed Anthony Levandowski to Pronto, and after two decades bouncing between deep tech bets in the Bay Area, his new company came out of stealth in April with $24 million to build a fully autonomous, cabless electric hauler for freight.

Humble Robotics 的创始人兼首席执行官 Eyal Cohen 就是其中之一。当 Uber 收购 Otto 时，Cohen 就在 Otto 工作；后来他跟随 Anthony Levandowski 加入了 Pronto。在湾区的深度科技领域摸爬滚打二十年后，他的新公司于四月份结束隐身状态，并获得了 2400 万美元融资，旨在打造一款用于货运的完全自动驾驶、无驾驶室电动运输车。

Cohen joins Kirsten Korosec on this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast to talk about AV déjà vu and what he’s learned from 15 years of building startups across electrification, solar, and robotics.

在本期 TechCrunch 的《Equity》播客中，Cohen 与 Kirsten Korosec 一起探讨了自动驾驶领域的“既视感”，以及他在过去 15 年里投身电气化、太阳能和机器人领域创业所积累的经验。

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