Formed a company dedicated to technologies that improve urban life.

The former New York City deputy mayor for economic development, Daniel Doctoroff launched Sidewalk Labs in 2015 to help develop technology and infrastructure to cut pollution, energy use, and the cost of living in cities around the world.

A subsidiary of Google, Sidewalk Labs provides research on urban development as well as on issues such as transportation, energy use, and governmental efficiencies. It has most recently studied the impact of self-driving cars, energy delivery,