Francois Auque of Airbus Ventures went head to head with Jason Ball of Qualcomm Ventures Europe to discuss the relative prospects of each technology.
The first debate of 2017’s GCV 2017 Symposium took place on the main stage this morning and focused on the relative potential of flying cars versus autonomous vehicles.
Global Corporate Venturing contributing editor Tom Whitehouse was moderator, while the combatants were Francois Auque, chairman of the investment committee at Airbus Ventures, the corporate VC arm of aerospace company Airbus; and Jason Ball, managing director at Qualcomm Ventures Europe, which invests on behalf of mobile chipmaker Qualcomm.
Auque contended that we…
