Disruption Drive
Hari Sripathi
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Welcome to your front-row seat to reimagining Mobility!
🚗✨ Join top innovators, engineers, and visionaries as we dive into the game-changing tech and bold ideas reshaping how we move, work, travel and commute.
Curious about how autonomous vehicles will revolutionize your daily rides? Wondering how AI is transforming factories, classrooms, and beyond? Or just want to stay ahead of the curve in a world of constant disruption?
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S1E39 Are We Even Doing the Right Things on Transport (Kelly McGuinness, Hunter College)
My next guest is a true expert on all things Transportation. Kelly McGuiness is Director of the Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program at the Roosevelt Public Policy Institute at Hunter…
S1E38 Serving the Unsung Hero of Public Transit with L4 Autonomy (Cemre Kavvasoglu, ADASTEC)
The world of Autonomous Vehicles can often feel like an already crowded house. But if you look deep, the unsung workhorse on the road remains - the Bus. AdasTec is currently the only major player…
S1E37 A Robot Coworker on a Farm Near You (Kevin Leiter, COO Burro AI)
Physical AI has often been explained as a story of labor replacement. My next guest isn't coming for the farmer’s job—he is building their newest coworker.The story of Physical AI has often been sold…
S1E36 Parking the Autonomous Car (with Jim Gibbs, CEO Meter Feeder)
While Goldman Sachs projects autonomous vehicles and robotaxis to grow at 90% CAGR, fleet experts generally agree the state of the art robot will be soon defeated by a metal kiosk on the curbside.…
S1E35 Engineering the Open Road with Mapless AI (Jeff Johnson, CTO Mapless AI)
While we chase the technological vision of Full Self Driving cars, millions of legacy driven vehicles already ply on our roads. Mapless AI isn’t waiting for a driverless future; they’re retrofitting…
S1E34 Silicon Meets Soil: Autonomy on the Farm (Tim Bucher, AgTonomy)
For ten thousand years, the 'cutting edge' of civilization was tiny seeds with the promise of food sunk into the Earth. Farming is our oldest technology; it is the engine that created our calendars,…
S1E33 Bot Auto and the Profit First Playbook for Autonomous Trucking (Paul Lam, Bot Auto)
In the autonomous vehicle industry, credibility has long anchored in safety. But while safety is non-negotiable, it’s also an intangible baseline to drive adoption. On the flip side, we see headlines…
S1E32 Building the Human Touch: Remotics Builds the Workforce for Autonomy (Sergio Oliveira, Remotics)
On this podcast entirely focused on the massive Disruptions in Mobility, I always make it a point to ask: What does the "Human in the Loop" look like?My guest today is building the answer to that…
S1E31 Making Autonomy Work Where It is Needed the Most (Toby McGraw, Beep)
The traditional history of innovation follows a predictable script. New, transformative technology almost always starts as a luxury—a high-priced toy for early adopters. Eventually getting adopted as…
S1E30 Autonomy Begins Where the Roads End (Andy Sussman, Forterra)
While everyone’s looking at robotaxis on sunny boulevards, Forterra is busy where the asphalt ends. 🌲🪖 Forget predictable lane lines. We’re talking about "GPS-denied," high-consequence environments…
S1E29 Launch an Autonomous Car in One Day (Balint Pasztor, Diffuse Drive)
The frontier to Mobility is currently blocked by a massive financial and technical bottleneck. Training an autonomous vehicle or any autonomous system on the infinite list of edge cases is…
S1E28 The Lifecycle of a Car (Hakan Dogu, ex-Renault, Renault Mitsubishi Nissan Alliance)
For decades, the auto industry was obsessed with the moment of sale. You built it, sold it, and moved on.But the "one-and-done" era is dying. Today, the first purchase is just the opening actMy next…
S1E27 Designing the Car of the Future to be Luxury on Wheels (Shalin Anto, Pliyt)
My next guest is truly moving the needle beyond the “experiment” phase of self-driving cars, focusing instead on providing a luxury-grade user experience that treats the passenger as an esteemed…
S1E26 Transport Systems as a City's Lifeblood (Peter Schenkman, Fernhay, ex-NYC TLC)
Most people see a bus, a bike lane, or a bridge and think about getting from A to B. But my guest Peter Schenkman sees it as the circulatory system of the global economy. Peter is a titan in the…
S1E25 How Michigan's World on Wheels is Taking Flight (Charlie Tyson, Michigan Office of Future Mobility)
Michigan put the "world on wheels." It's now taking it's legacy to the skies. 🚁 I recently sat down with Charlie Tyson, Technology Activation Director at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation…
S1E24 Is User Experience the New Horsepower? (Jennifer Gallagher, Mach BD)
Historically, cars talked about torque, horsepower, and fuel efficiency. But in an era of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) and EVs, hardware is rapidly becoming a commodity. I sat down with Jennifer…
S1E23 Traffic Detection to Save Lives in Seconds Not Minutes (Robert Putt, Argus AI)
We are starting off the New Year with a massive goal: reducing traffic congestion and, more importantly, saving lives. I sat down with Robert Putt, the CEO and Founder of Argus AI, to discuss how…
S1E22 Fleet Management and the Future of Work (Colleen McCracken, ex-Lyft, Necture)
Everyone dreams of a shiny, driverless future, but Colleen McCracken (Necture, ex-Lyft, ex-Adobe) is asking, "Who changes the tires?"Colleen is that unicorn who speaks both fluent "Software" and…
S1E21 When the Car Becomes a Device (Partha Goswami, PG Mobility Analysis, ex-GM)
We used to judge a car by its horsepower, the roar of the engine, and the freedom of the open road. But today? We are witnessing the biggest shift in mobility since the Model T. The car is no longer…
S1E20 One Line to Move Them All: The Vision for Transit (Dan Grossman, Robert Baertsch, Line Mobility)
A very special episode where I host Dan Grossman (ex-Zipcar, GM Ford Chariot) and Robert Baertsch (Line Mobility, ex-NASA) on an audacious vision to change transport without creating congestion. If…
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Disruption Drive has published 39 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.
Disruption Drive is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 22m.
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