In episode #19 I sit down with Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz on of the hottest companies in the autonomous vehicle sector. Omer finally realized his dream of being a CEO after spending years helping 3 different startups succeed to the point where he co-founded Innoviz in 2016. Omer took an idea and in 3 weeks raised $9M and the rest is history. He brought in 20 employees and started to build the product out, over that time tInnoviz has grown to over 200 people with $182M raised to date.

In this podcast you will also learn the following:

- How long did it take Omer to raise capital?
- What is Lidar?
- When did Omer realize Innoviz was going to be HUGE?
- Why was CES '17 a pivotal point for Innoviz? (17:00)
- How did a startup land a partnership w/ BMW
- What did he want to be at 15?
- Productivity- what hack does he suggest for others? (41:00)