Dmitri Dolgov

Career Early in his career, Dolgov worked on self-driving cars at Toyota's Research Institute and as part of Stanford's team for the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007). IEEE Intelligent Systems named him one of "AI's 10 to Watch — the Future of AI" in 2008. In 2009, Dolgov joined the original team of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, which became Waymo in 2016. then became the lead scientist with Google X in 2014, before replacing Chris Urmson as the autonomous driving project's head of software in 2016. Dolgov became Waymo's chief technology officer and vice president of engineering, where he oversaw both hardware and software development. In 2018, he testified on behalf of Waymo in the company's trade secrets lawsuit against Uber. He and then-chief executive officer (CEO) John Krafcik received American Ingenuity Awards from Smithsonian magazine. In 2021, Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana became co-CEOs, replacing Krafcik. Dolgov focuses on the company's technology and Mawakana oversees business operations. In 2021, Pete Bigelow of Automotive News said the duo have a "somewhat unusual power-sharing arrangement", and have "developed a close working relationship and have been heavily involved in Waymo's most high-profile milestones".

He is an inventor with more than 90 patents, as of September 2018.

Personal life Dolgov is a U.S. citizen.

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