What’s the Next Big Thing in Tech? It’s Up to Us
How quickly the future gets here is less about the tech involved than about people
CEO of A3 by Airbus Rodin Lyasoff discussed how he envisions the future of autonomous flight and how flying cars will impact airspace. Lyasoff spoke at the WSJ D. Live tech conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.
If it feels like new technologies go from flights of fancy to billion-dollar businesses faster than ever, that’s because they do.
Consider that Uber, founded in 2009, started allowing drivers to sign up with their own cars in 2013. Five short years later, the company operates in more than 70 countries and competes with dozens of copycats. It’s considering going public in 2019 at a potential valuation of $120 billion, which would make it the biggest IPO in U.S. history by far.
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