Ride AI 2025
Ride AI :: LA :: April 2, 2025
Thank you so much for joining us at our inaugural Ride AI event. We have designed the programming to be based around a few key themes. You will hear from a mix of luminaries and technologists who are defining the future of driving automation and AI-empowered hardtech. Curated from the companies and leaders creating real impact, every conversation will bring important and unexpected insights.
About Ride AI
NeueHouse Hollywood
6121 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
April 2nd, 2025
9:00am — 5:00pm
NeueHouse Hollywood
6121 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
April 2nd, 2025
9:00am — 5:00pm
Check-in & Coffee
9:00AM
Arrive at NeueHouse Hollywood on-time to pick up your badge and settle in for a day of
30
min
Opening Remarks
9:30AM :: What is Ride AI?
James Gross, Founder, Ride AI
10
min
The Driving Machine
9:45AM :: Leadership and Lessons From 25 Years on the Cutting Edge
· Ed Niedermeyer, Program Director, Ride AI
· Amnon Shashua, CEO, Mobileye
· Amnon Shashua, CEO, Mobileye
30
min
Automation For The People
10:15AM :: Developing Intelligent Machines for a Human-Centric Future
· Ed Niedermeyer, Program Director, Ride AI
· Gill Pratt, CEO, Toyota Research Institute
· Gill Pratt, CEO, Toyota Research Institute
20
min
Waymo: How we got here
10:35AM :: The Full-Spectrum Challenge of Deploying Driverless Robotaxis
TBA 👀
20
min
Break · 10:55AM
Presented by Toyota Research Institute
Caffeinate and connect.
20
min
Crossing the chasm
11:15AM :: The Technology and Tactics of Autonomous Trucking Commercialization
· Timothy B. Lee, Program Director, Ride AI
· Don Burnette, Founder & CEO, Kodiak Robotics
· Xiaodi Hou, Founder & CEO, Bot.auto
· Summer Fowler, Chief Information Security Officer, Torc Robotics
· Don Burnette, Founder & CEO, Kodiak Robotics
· Xiaodi Hou, Founder & CEO, Bot.auto
· Summer Fowler, Chief Information Security Officer, Torc Robotics
30
min
Explosion in the East
11:45AM :: Inside China's Revolution in Electric and Automated Personal Vehicles
TBA 👀
20
min
LUNCH :: 12:05PM
Enjoy catered lunch
60
min
Funding the future
1:05PM :: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities for Investors in the AI Era
Horace Dediu, Founder, Asymco
40
min
The Next Frontier
1:45PM :: How AI Breakthroughs Are Pushing the Frontiers of Automation in Personal Vehicles
· Timothy B. Lee, Program Director, Ride AI
· Andrew Chapin, COO, Nuro
· Kaity Fischer, VP of Commercial and Operations, Wayve
· Andrew Chapin, COO, Nuro
· Kaity Fischer, VP of Commercial and Operations, Wayve
30
min
Real-World Report
2:20PM :: Dispatches from Real Automators Doing Real Work Around the World
TBA 👀
40
min
Hailing the future
3:00PM :: Where Robotaxis and Ridehailing Go from Here
· Harry Campbell, Founder, The Rideshare Guy
· Michael White, CPO, Zoox
· Sascha Meyer, CEO, MOAI
· Stephen Hayes, VP of Autonomous, Fleets, and Driver Operations, Lyft
· Michael White, CPO, Zoox
· Sascha Meyer, CEO, MOAI
· Stephen Hayes, VP of Autonomous, Fleets, and Driver Operations, Lyft
30
min
Break · 3:30PM
Presented by Torc Robotics
Caffeinate and connect.
30
min
Competing for trust
4:00PM :: How Safety and Transparency Regulate Driving Automation
Mark Rosekind, Fmr. Administrator, US NHTSA
30
min
Cars for a changing future
4:30PM :: Rising to the Challenge of Software Defined Vehicles
TBA 👀
30
min
After Party
6:00PM :: Join us for a lively evening of drinks and conversation in Hollywood
Location TBA 👀
120
min
