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Waabi, a self-driving trucking startup founded by University of Toronto artificial intelligence (AI) expert Raquel Urtasun, has raised US$200 million…
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Raquel Urtasun may be a world-leading expert in machine learning and computer vision – but that doesn’t mean she likes to talk about her…
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University of Toronto researcher Raquel Urtasun’s self-driving startup Waabi has added the venture capital arm of Swedish carmaker Volvo to its…
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The University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun, a leading expert in machine learning and computer vision, is taking her startup’s self-driving…
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A leading machine learning expert and CEO of a self-driving car startup, the University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun recently shared some of the…
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Raquel Urtasun, a professor of computer science in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science and CEO of Waabi Innovations, says the…
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More than $100-million in funding. Two decades of artificial intelligence expertise. Ten years of experience in self-driving…
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The University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun, a leading global expert in machine learning and computer vision, has raised more than CAN$100 million…
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She was drawn to Toronto by the University of Toronto’s reputation for artificial intelligence (AI) research, and Raquel Urtasun…
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Raquel Urtasun, an associate professor in the University of Toronto’s department of computer science, says the age of self-driving cars at…
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University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun, an associate professor of computer science leading Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) Toronto, has been…
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As if building a self-driving car wasn’t difficult enough, the University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun is trying make it affordable, too. Urtasun,…