Edwin Olson

Co-Founder and CEO of @May_Mobility
Professor in AI+Robotics at @UMich

May Mobility is building autonomous vehicles to outcompete personal car ownership.

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Our third-generation AV stack is rolling out, with coverage on @Forbes! Coming soon to a @May_Mobility vehicle near you--

https://t.co/mTJkZn2P4o

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Today, we announced @May_Mobility's Series C fundraise! Welcome to our new investors: Tokio Marine, Toyota Tsusho, Bridgestone, SoftBank, State Farm, Next Century, SAIC, Wanxiang, and Karma!

https://t.co/ZBIhxAr9RX

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Give me two weekends and I can put a web interface on the thing... #WeekendCoding

Introducing "Wordle Coach"-- you enter your grid and it will tell you how well you did, and what you could have guessed instead!

https://t.co/idSqRzPaQZ

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I'm not very good at #Wordle, but can code tolerably. The best first word is "arose", which always eliminates 92.6% or more of words. Alternatively, "tares" eliminates 96.5% of words *on average*. Runners-up: "raise" and "rates". #WeekendCoding.

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With three cities launched in partnership together, @ridewithvia and @May_Mobility are delivering autonomous vehicles into the world. Come take a ride- we're open for business!

https://t.co/GeM0H5pczP

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Today, @May_Mobility logged its 300,000th public AV ride! Thank you Arlington TX, Indianapolis IN, Grand Rapids MI, Ann Arbor MI, and Higashi-Hiroshima Japan! #NiceToMoveYou

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Today, @May_Mobility appeared in @Forbes! I'm proud of the whole team for helping to bring our technology to the world, and for allowing the public to ride along-- to see what already works great, and to see what situations are challenging for AVs.

https://t.co/lpvnkfh3PJ

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Why is @May_Mobility focusing on people-moving instead of logistics? Check out @ChiefExecGrp's article!
https://t.co/NZcmkNTObz

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Shout out to @CARandDRIVER for a great conversation about @May_Mobility #A2GO service and the technology that makes our approach to autonomy unique. Read more: https://t.co/s7g7LrOZt5

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A shout-out to @ycombinator who included @May_Mobility on their list of Top Companies (July 2021)! YC was an amazing way to get started as a first-time CEO, and it's amazing to see our batch (S17) doing well! https://t.co/2iBczdp40u

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I'm thrilled to announce the addition of Ryan Green to @May_Mobility's executive leadership team as our CFO. Adding his knowledge and experience to our team will help us continue to accelerate our business and execute May Mobility’s vision. https://t.co/zjNqPloncm

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Want to build an AV company that can scale? You need fantastic vehicles that are born autonomy-ready. At @May_Mobility, we pulled back the curtain on one of the world's first "natively autonomous" Toyota Sienna, just part of our work together.

https://t.co/zowDmXhCln

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Extra Tech-Crunchy-- hear the story of why I wanted external validation for @May_Mobility from a seed round (@trucksvc @mavenvc @tandemvc @ycombinator) before inking a deal with @Toyota_AI_VC. Joined by @jim_adler @NinaGroomsL.

https://t.co/SyqVrQuhat

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Hello, Ann Arbor! Need a ride?

https://t.co/qsKuQVPd7p

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AVs should be for everyone. It's #NicetoMoveYou #ArlingtonTX #AmericanDreamCity.

https://t.co/nPCP29RXj1

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Heya @PeterCBigelow and @ljaautonews— awesome to be on your podcast. Everyone else— have a listen and be sure to check out their whole catalog!

https://t.co/Uh9g83HX3t

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I've published an essay today about the most important race in the AV industry -- the race to a viable, scalable business. What do you think?

https://t.co/r3gDwyuaaQ

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Now you can have the best of existing public transit and autonomous shuttles, all in one place! @May_Mobility has launched our newest shuttles in the @CityOfArlington, integrated with @ridewithvia.

https://t.co/fmfHstbA37

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Exciting news today from University of Michigan - @UMRobotics announced the opening of a new building devoted to robotics research and teaching. It's a beautiful building, designed for interdisciplinary collaboration!

https://t.co/EugBJRTfHq

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Our @Hiroshima_Univ partners named our service "HiroMobi" and created this great mascot for our vehicles!