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by denzil_correa·7y ago·view on hn ↗
> But he didn't take the engineer/entrepreneur route. He took the corporate espionage route and just stole stuff from one company so that another company would profit, in the process further enriching himself.

Levandowski actually had his own startup Otto which was acquired by Uber.

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It was acquired in eight months, and founded specifically after Levandowski and Kalanick had a meeting. Otto looks like a prearranged sham legal entity to justify a huge payout, than a bonafide startup.
"If you buy us, you'll also buy some Waymo code"
I figure it was just two bros figuring out how to funnel a tens of millions dollars into Levandoski’s pocket.
If I'm hearing this right, this is pretty much money laundering