No hype, Just works: How Comma reached 100M miles in autonomous driving | E2011

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… .Tech Domains - Don’t miss our “Jam with JCal” contest! To apply and get more details go to https://jamwithjcal.tech brought to you by .tech domains. Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal-breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at https://www.vanta.com/twist Micro1. Micro1 is an AI recruitment engine to hire world class engineers fast. Visit https://www.micro1.ai/twist to open a talent search and get a 2 week free trial per hire. * Todays show: Comma’s Harald Schäfer joins Jason to discuss the future of autonomous driving, Comma’s open-source approach (7:24), how camera-based systems stack up against lidar (20:52), self-driving technology developments globally (32:55), and more! * Timestamps: (0:00) Comma’s Harald Schäfer joins Jason (2:02) Comma's approach to self-driving technology (4:06) Cost, installation, and car manufacturers' reactions to Comma (6:38) .Tech Domains - Apply for the Jam Session with JCal contest today at https://jamwithjcal.tech (7:24) Open source and different approaches in autonomous driving (13:08) Comparing Waymo, Tesla FSD, and comma AI's strategies (20:52) Lidar vs. camera-based systems in autonomy and the advantages of camera-based systems over human drivers (24:05) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist (24:56) Autonomous vehicle rollout timeline and predictions (27:33) Open source projects and major car manufacturers' adoption (31:25) Micro1 - Visit https://www.micro1.ai/twist to open a talent search and get a 2 week free trial per hire. (32:55) Self-driving technology developments in China (34:25) Tesla's anticipated announcements and AI integration in robotics (39:48) Accessing and contributing to open-source self-driving projects (41:01) Data sharing and transparency in autonomous driving (43:14) Global adoption and demographics of self-driving technology * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Follow Harald: X: https://x.com/___harald___ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harald-schäfer-567830132 Check out: https://www.comma.ai * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (6:38) .Tech Domains - Apply for the Jam Session with JCal contest today at https://jamwithjcal.tech (24:05) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist (31:25) Micro1 - Visit https://www.micro1.ai/twist to open a talent search and get a 2 week free trial per hire. * Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916