Austin Russell
Austin Russell
Austin Russell is the Founder of Luminar. [undefined]
Education
Although he started school at Stanford University in 2013, Austin Russell dropped out of college to pursue his Lidar startup, Luminar (company). [undefined] This was largely due to the requirement imposed on members of the Thiel Fellowship to drop out of college. [undefined]
Career
Austin Russell is an Entrepreneur. He made the Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018) in the Youngest and Big Money categories. [1]
Luminar
Austin founded Luminar, a Lidar company based in San Francisco, California, The company was backed by Peter Thiel through the Thiel Fellowship. [undefined]
He knows the LIDAR industry very well, down to specific health regulations.
"Eye safety is a really big deal in this industry, It’s actually is a limiting factor of a lot of Lidar sensors today," Russell said.
"You can’t fry people’s eyes with sensors."