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.