I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again

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Post by vehbisarikaya » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 8:25 PM UTC

I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again
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Post by notacanofsoda » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 8:51 PM UTC

Can someone provide more background? Did he leave the CEO position before? Who was CEO in the interim?

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Post by jeroen » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 8:58 PM UTC

notacanofsoda wrote: post #2

Can someone provide more background? Did he leave the CEO position before? Who was CEO in the interim?

Kyle Vogt, who co-founded autonomous driving company Cruise in 2013, has been named CEO. He has served as as interim CEO since December 2021 when Dan Ammann, who had been CEO since 2018, abruptly left Cruise.

— https://www.therobotreport.com/cruise-co-founder-vogt-ceo-au...

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Post by kingforaday » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 8:58 PM UTC

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

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Post by rmason » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 8:59 PM UTC

I'm in Michigan and I've watched the auto industry close up for a long time. I've got friends at the Big 3. GM decided it was better to put an adult in charge of Cruise. Someone they trusted and they thought had a clue on tech.

Turns out it didn't work well. GM learned the hard way the founder was the best CEO of Cruise. There's a lot they do not understand about how startups and Silicon Valley work.

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Post by callesgg » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 9:00 PM UTC

kingforaday wrote: post #4

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

Lots of people upvoting in the new section.

I think that ycombinator sometimes forces up their own links, but that tends to be more obviously related to them like hiring staff to various startups.

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Post by heratyian » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 9:00 PM UTC

kingforaday wrote: post #4

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

maybe if it's about a yc company?

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Post by timy2shoes » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 9:02 PM UTC

kingforaday wrote: post #4

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

I suspect it's because kvogt is an active member of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kvogt. His (long-form) insight into this will be valuable to hear.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 9:03 PM UTC

heratyian wrote: post #7

kingforaday wrote: post #4

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

maybe if it's about a yc company?

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Re: I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again

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Post by president » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 9:03 PM UTC

kingforaday wrote: post #4

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

YC people have secret controls in their account!