This conversation with my friend Reilly Brennan - a VC expert for the automotive industry, roams across a broad landscape of topics, from the beginning of Reilly’s interest in the car industry, to his assessment of the auto industry’s progress in 2023, to Reilley’s predictions for 2024, and more — but all of those topics are tied together along the theme of technology. A.I. in particular is making the opportunities in the automotive industry bigger and bolder than we’ve seen for a very long time. Listen to learn what’s going on, what may be coming down the tube, and to learn why the kind of progress that’s typically predicted takes longer than anyone ever says it will.

• How Reilly got into the car business and automobiles

• The changes TESLA has brought to the car industry in the last 10 years

• How Reilly sums up the auto industry’s progress in 2023: the craziest year

• Why do individuals need private cars in the world we live in today?

• Why Om and Reilly actually prefer automated vehicles

• How Waymo could offer its cars in a franchise approach

• Reilly’s predictions for 2024

• Uber

• Waymo

• Mobile-eye

• Invidia

• Qualcomm

• Zitara

• May Mobility

• Gattik 

• Reilly’s company: https://www.trucks.vc/

• Reilly on LinkedIn

• Om’s website: https://om.co/ 

• Om on LinkedIn

• Om on Twitter: @Om

• Om on Instagram: @Om