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It's Not Magic is a podcast about building things, without the pretense. Our host is David Stiepleman, Co-Founder and Co-President of Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm. We talk to founders and industry leaders and get them to explain, in plain English, what they do and how they do it.

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A Conversation with Tekedra Mawakana, Co-CEO of Waymo

April 1, 2026

David Stiepleman (0:11)

Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the San Francisco season of It's Not Magic, our podcast from Sixth Street. This is our last episode of the San Francisco season. On the show, as you know, we invite influential leaders and founders to get to the core of how they're creating innovative solutions to stand out in their…

Is it still like a novelty when you get in one of these things? Do you still feel like, oh my God, I can't believe I'm doing this or no? I don't.

Tekedra Mawakana (1:01)

It's funny, I don't in the, oh my gosh, I can't believe it. I do in the sort of being in awe of the team.

David Stiepleman (1:09)

Yeah.

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