Anthony Levandowski

Pronto CEO and Co-founder, Anthony Levandowski, is widely regarded as a pioneer and leading innovator in the autonomous vehicle industry. His teams have achieved numerous technological advancements and industry “firsts,” including the first (and to this date only) unmanned autonomous drive on California roads, the first (and still by far longest) commercial delivery by an autonomous truck, and – most recently with Pronto – the first disengage free cross-country drive. Anthony’s goal with Pronto is to commercialize and deliver the safety benefits of self-driving technology to the trucking industry. The company’s Copilot product offers the most advanced highway driver assist features and is specifically designed to improve the driving experience for truck drivers.

Prior to Pronto, Anthony oversaw Uber’s autonomous vehicle program, a role he assumed when his start-up, Otto, was acquired in 2016. Anthony spent almost nine years at Google, where he created the foundation for the autonomous vehicle program (now Waymo) through the sale of two of his other businesses. He began his career while at the University of California, Berkeley, when he led a team of classmates in building Ghostrider, an autonomous motorcycle that competed in the DARPA Grand Challenge, which now resides in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Anthony’s entrepreneurial streak extends beyond the development of autonomous vehicles and includes the key enabling technology behind Google Street View as well as the creation and launch of Uber Freight.

Anthony is frequently featured in media including Wired, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg and has spoken at numerous leading technology, business and industry events over the past decade.