HIBT Lab! Cruise: Kyle Vogt

Kyle Vogt

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Updated: September 1st, 2023

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Kyle Vogt & Daniel Kan co-founded CRUISE a year after leaving Twitch and Justin.tv, fulfilling a childhood dream of making self-driving cars a reality.

Kyle Vogt is an American engineer, entrepreneur, technology executive, and robotics pioneer. In 2013, Vogt founded Cruise Automation, serving as the company’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technology Officer.

Dan Kan is an American entrepreneur and technology executive. He is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Cruise Automation. Kan later joined Vogt at Cruise Automation in 2014 after the company participated in Y-Combinator, a startup accelerator that mentors up-and-coming entrepreneurs.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2013. Cruise is building advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people with places, things, and experiences they care about.

Cruise develops self-driving car technology and, since being acquired in May 2016, operates as an independent subsidiary of General Motors. They are building self-driving cars that will help save lives, reimagine cities, redefine time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for individuals who live in dense urban settings.