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Investor profile

Laurie Yoler

General Partner, Playground Global

About

Laurie Yoler was a founding director at Tesla Motors and an early board member at Zoox, giving her front-row operational exposure to commercializing self-driving technology that she now brings to her investing at Playground Global. She views autonomy as a horizontal capability that can be applied across ground, air, sea, and space rather than just cars, and believes Level 4 autonomy makes far more sense in shared, high-use fleets than individually owned vehicles because of sensor costs. Laurie Yoler was a founding director at Tesla Motors and an early board member at Zoox, giving her front-row operational exposure to commercializing self-driving technology that she now brings to her investing at Playground Global. She views autonomy as a horizontal capability that can be applied across ground, air, sea, and space rather than just cars, and believes Level 4 autonomy makes far more sense in shared, high-use fleets than individually owned vehicles because of sensor costs.

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Investment focus

Stages
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
AI
BioTech
Chips
Robotics
Deeptech
Hardware

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $20M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA