Google Hires Airbnb Executive To Commercialize Self-Driving Cars

Washington: Alphabet Inc's Google self-driving car project took a step closer to market with the hire of a top executive from Airbnb, the online vacation home rental marketplace. Shaun Stewart is joining Google as a director of the self-driving car project, spokesman Johnny Luu said on Friday. Stewart's role will be to help commercialize Google's self-driving technology, which has been in development for more than seven years and h...