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This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Intercom. Intercom’s AI-first service is the best thing to happen to your customers since you. TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist Squarespace. Turn your idea into a new website! Go to http://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST for a free trial. When you’re ready to launch, use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. AssemblyAI. Get maximum value from voice data with AssemblyAI. Build powerful products and features for your end users on the industry’s leading speech-to-text models. Get 100 free hours to start building at https://www.assemblyai.com/twist * Todays show: Anand Nandakumar joins Jason to discuss Halo Car’s technology (1:16), remote driving opportunities (12:07), the Cruise incident (35:17), and more! * Timestamps: (0:00) Anand Nandakumar joins Jason (1:16) Halo Car's technology and vision for the future (7:36) Economics and challenges of remote driving services (10:04) Intercom - TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist (12:07) Remote driving job opportunities and cost of living impacts (14:30) Synergy of remote and self-driving technologies (19:27) Autonomous vehicle adoption and industry challenges (21:36) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at http://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (23:07) Economic challenges for autonomous vehicle companies (30:47) Remote driving technology for consumers (33:49) AssemblyAI - Get 100 free hours to start building at https://www.assemblyai.com/twist (35:17) Regulatory issues and performance of autonomous vehicles in different weathers (41:34) How to experience Halo Car's technology * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com/ Check out the TWIST500: twist500.com * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Follow Anand: X: https://x.com/kumi360 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandnr Check out: https://halo.car * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (10:04) Intercom - TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist (21:36) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at http://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (33:49) AssemblyAI - Get 100 free hours to start building at https://www.assemblyai.com/twist * Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916

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