00:48:46 · Ruchi Sanghvi, Dmitri Dolgov, Aditya Agarwal
[00:48:46] S1: But that's not the same as owning one. When can I buy one? [00:48:49] S0: So I think that will as I mentioned, I don't have a timeline for you yet, but this is just a different product. So we're starting with ride hailing because there's more of a commercial market, and we get higher utilization of the vehicles. But as that expands, if you want to have your own personal vehicle or in your Waymo that people like to keep their stuff in them and you don't want to share, yeah, absolutely. Why not? [00:49:15] S2: Very cool. I mentioned this to you earlier, Dmitri, but I do think that there are not too many moments that I can recall that I've had the same kind of almost like visceral, almost like a religious experience when you first get into Waymo and you're sitting there and the thing is driving itself, right? It's one of those moments where you just have a magical experience and it kind of reminds Can [00:49:38] S1: I just add to that? So I had the privilege of putting Neal Stephenson, the author of Snow Crash, and Ken Liu, the translator of The Three Body Problem in their first Waymo's in San Francisco. [00:49:51] S0: And Wow.
00:49:51 · Dmitri Dolgov, Ruchi Sanghvi, Aditya Agarwal
[00:49:51] S0: And Wow. [00:49:52] S1: I know. So that, I was like, oh my god, I cannot believe I get to give you that experience. And I will forward you the email that I got from Ken Liu. Despite being, like, you know, one of the foremost sci fi authors of our generation and our time, he said this was an absolute magical experience. My Waymo was, like, you know, debating whether to pull up next to another car and no language, just a hand wave gesture from the driver and the Waymo pulled up having understood that. And he was like, this was an absolutely magical experience. I had to share that with you. [00:50:25] S2: Thank you. Yeah. And we're all here to build great things, but I think it's just sometimes worth having these experiences to remind you how magical technology can be. So thank you for everything you and the team have built, not only I think at Waymo, but I suspect that the core underpinnings of what you have built as a system, as I think a company, will end up kind of affecting all of us in many ways in many different companies in the future. So thank you for everything. It's a pleasure and privilege to have you here. [00:50:57] S0: Thanks for having me.