This is completely misleading. Even if his first company was the first self driving vehicle project ever (which was not) or the only piece in the puzzle (which it wasn't either), there were other cofounders of that startup. This is glorifying one person using other people's work.
It was the first self-driving car project to cause established companies to take notice and start investing heavily, kickstarting the industry, which was my point.
Other co-founders, yes, but Anthony was overall product lead. The article goes into detail.