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LiDAR

6 statements across 5 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Peter Levine · across every show →

Everything said about LiDAR, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2022
Levine: LiDAR sensor costs will eventually fall to 50 cents
“The first LiDAR for a Google car was 75,000 dollars. Now LIDAR is sub 500 dollars, and I'll bet you, and this is just like, there are no self-driving cars out there. I bet you it goes to 50 cents in the not-too-distant future.”
Peter Levine Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 23:01 The End of Cloud Computing
Jul 16, 2017 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chen: Most AV Experts Require LiDAR, With Tesla as Key Outlier
“Most people that I talk to think definitely LiDAR. There's a couple of big outliers. I think Tesla is trying a system without LiDAR, but we'll see.”
Frank Chen Jul 16, 2017 ▶ 5:20 16 Questions About Self Driving Cars
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
David Rumsey: Sextants were the LIDAR of their day
“I never referred to sextants as primitive. They were, you know, the LIDAR of the day. I mean, sextants opened up the whole world and created the ability to make scale maps and to map essentially beyond where you were.”
David Rumsey Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:02 a16z Podcast | Exploding the Map
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Brie: Skydio bet on computer vision over heavy, expensive LiDAR sensors
“We did a lot of work with LiDAR, but the vehicles were super heavy, super expensive. So when we started Skydio, we made a big bet on vision because we felt like the progress that's happening in computer vision now especially with deep learning, but even in sor…”
Adam Bry Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:17 a16z Podcast | The Self-Flying Camera
Jun 26, 2023 neutral
Insight
Debating LiDAR versus cameras is just choosing between wavelengths, says Waymo CPO
“Saying you love lidars and hate cameras or vice versa is saying you love one wavelength versus the other wavelength, right? It's not a fundamental thing.”
Saswat Panigrahi Jun 26, 2023 ▶ 1:00 Are Autonomous Vehicles Finally Here? Buckle up!
Jun 26, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Panigrahi: Waymo dramatically reduced LiDAR hardware costs over two years
“The amount we have been able to cost down these LiDARs in the last two years is incredible.”
Saswat Panigrahi Jun 26, 2023 ▶ 17:10 Are Autonomous Vehicles Finally Here? Buckle up!
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