Rubin wants to create the standard building blocks—the basic quartermaster’s inventory of components—for the AI-infused future. And he wants to open up this platform of hardware and software tools so that anyone, not just the companies he works with directly, can create an intelligent device.
“A couple of years ago, Andy Rubin-the celebrated creator of Android and until recently the head of Google’s mobile Internet efforts-helped his wife, Rie, build a bakery in a decommissioned train station in Los Altos, California. They called it Voyageur du Temps, French for time traveler.“
