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The Dawn Project was founded by Dan O’Dowd, the world’s leading expert in creating software that never fails and can’t be hacked. Dan created the secure operating systems for projects including Boeing’s 787s, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Fighter Jets, the Boeing B1-B Intercontinental Nuclear Bomber, and NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle.
Dan’s expertise in creating the most secure operating systems in the world led him to found The Dawn Project, which is dedicated to making computers truly safe for humanity.
Dan’s expertise in creating the most secure operating systems in the world led him to found The Dawn Project, which is dedicated to making computers truly safe for humanity.
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Location
United States, California, Santa Barbara
Employees
1-10
Mentions in press and media 20
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| Oct 11, 2024 | ChatGPT-4o predicts TSLA stock price after Tesla unveils the ‘Robovan’ | After a two-month postponement and some doubt about if it would actually happen and what it would entail, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) held its ‘We, Robot’ – commonly known as ‘Robotaxi’ – event. The October ... |
| Feb 12, 2024 | That anti-Tesla Super Bowl ad just got the wrong kind of attention from the NTSB | The National Transportation Safety Board, a U.S. government agency that investigates crashes, has ordered the Dawn Project organization to stop using its seal after it appeared in a Super Bowl ad that called for consumers to boycott Tesla. ... |
| Feb 16, 2023 | The Dawn Project Founder Dan O’Dowd Says Tesla’s Recall May Not Be Enough to Keep Consumers and Especially Children Safe | We’re glad that Tesla has finally acknowledged that the flaws we found in our tests are true and real. To that extent, we have achieved our goal. - Dan O'Dowd SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (PRWEB) February 16, 2023 Just days after The Dawn Pro... |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Super Bowl attack ad shows a Tesla slamming into 2 child-size mannequins and a stroller | The Dawn Project's ad shows a Tesla hitting a child-sized mannequin. Courtesy of The Dawn Project Redeem now A Super Bowl ad showed a Tesla slamming into two child-sized mannequins and a stroller. It was created by The Dawn Project, a ... |
| Feb 12, 2023 | Tesla’s biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD | This article has been updated with the cost of The Dawn Project’s Super Bowl ad. Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project is taking its campaign to ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system to the Super Bowl. The 30-second ad, which is broad... |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Engineer Claims That Tesla’s Video Promoting Self-Driving Was Staged | Tesla used a video in 2016 to promote its self-driving technology is now alleged to be staged by a former engineer Ashok Elluswamy, he claims that the purpose of the video was to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerati... |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Demands Take Down Of (Likely Misleading) Videos Of Teslas Running Over Child-Sized Mannequins | It appears that free speech absolutist Elon Musk is, once again, not such a fan of free speech when it criticizes him or his companies. Perhaps he’s too busy penning columns for China’s official internet censor to know this, but given other... |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Elon Musk blasts ‘bats–t crazy’ Dan O’Dowd over video of Tesla hitting child mannequin | Elon Musk took aim at a “bats–t crazy” tech billionaire who denounced the Tesla CEO as a “crybaby” for complaining about a video clip showing a Tesla run over a child mannequin. Musk’s electric car company has sent a cease-and-desist letter... |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Tesla потребовала от проекта Dawn Project удалить видеоролики со сбитыми манекенами-детьми | Юристы Tesla потребовали от Dawn Project удалить из общего доступа все видеоролики, где электромобиль Tesla Model 3, якобы, с включённой системой автопилота Full Self-Driving (FSD) сбивает манекенов-детей. В компании считают подобные ролики... |
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FAQ about The Dawn Project
What has the press written about The Dawn Project?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning The Dawn Project, among them “ChatGPT-4o predicts TSLA stock price after Tesla unveils the ‘Robovan’” (Oct 11, 2024) and “That anti-Tesla Super Bowl ad just got the wrong kind of attention from the NTSB” (Feb 12, 2024).
Is The Dawn Project still active?
Yes, The Dawn Project is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 13, 2025.