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George Hotz is an American programmer, hacker, and technology entrepreneur who became widely known in 2007 for publicly demonstrating an unlock of the original iPhone. He later worked on software and machine-learning projects and founded comma.ai, a company developing driver-assistance technology. Comma.ai also maintains openpilot, an open-source system designed to provide supported vehicles with functions such as adaptive cruise control and lane centering.

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George Hotz scores 6.97/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Entrepreneur category. Technical fame and comma.ai ambition are notable; commercial scale remains modest and persona is polarizing.
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