# Sebastian Thrun

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/sebastian-thrun/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut one moment of Sebastian Thrun talking, from an interview on Acquired published Oct 6, 2025.

## What Sebastian Thrun said

- [Waymo's early team favored software over custom-built hardware](https://realalpha.app/s/waymos-early-team-favored-software-over-custom-built/)
  Acquired · Oct 6, 2025 · 6 min
  > “I realize what it was. I'm just afraid.” — Sebastian Thrun · [2:52:59](https://realalpha.app/v/lCEB7xHer5U/?t=10379)

## The episode

- [Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio)](https://realalpha.app/v/lCEB7xHer5U/) · Acquired · Oct 6, 2025