Dmitri Dolgov
Dmitri Dolgov is co-CEO of Waymo, the self-driving company that began as a Google project. He earned physics and math degrees at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1998 and 2000, and IEEE Intelligent Systems named him one of AI's ten to watch in 2008. He helped found Google's self-driving car project, which became Waymo in 2016, and he served as the company's chief technology officer. In a 2019 TechCrunch interview, he said the project had always used machine learning. He shares the co-CEO role with Tekedra Mawakana, and his main focus is the Waymo Driver.
Timeline
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1998–2000
Physics and math in Moscow
He earns B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics and math at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1998 and 2000.
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2007
The DARPA Urban Challenge
He takes part in the DARPA Urban Challenge with Stanford's team in 2007.
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2008
AI's ten to watch
IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine names him one of AI's ten to watch in 2008.
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2009
Google's self-driving car project
He helps found Google's self-driving car project, which begins in 2009 and becomes Waymo in 2016.
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2016
Waymo's chief technology officer
He becomes Waymo's chief technology officer in 2016, when the project is renamed Waymo.
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2019
Machine learning on the project
He tells TechCrunch in 2019 that the project has always used machine learning.
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2021
Succeeding John Krafcik
He and Tekedra Mawakana become Waymo's co-CEOs in 2021, succeeding John Krafcik.
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2026
Seven lessons from building Waymo
His co-CEO role covers company strategy, with the Waymo Driver as his main focus. At Startup School 2026, he shares seven lessons from building Waymo.
Sources and credits
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