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James Wu

Founder, Calder. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

founderexecutiveengineerdeepmap.ai ↗

James Wu co-founded DeepMap in 2016 to build high-definition mapping and localization software for autonomous vehicles, serving as CEO until its acquisition by NVIDIA in 2021. Prior to DeepMap, he held senior engineering and mapping roles working on core products at Google, Apple Maps, and Baidu.

What they said5 Shows1

Everything James Wu said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Wu: Autonomous vehicles will reduce crime rates via mobile surveillance

“Crime rate will drop, in my opinion, because basically every car will became a moving sensor, collecting tons of real-time information.”

James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:05 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

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James Wu: Parking spaces will be converted to housing due to self-driving cars

“And also the housing price probably gonna change, because people don't have to, like, pack together, and also all these parking space will become available space for housing.”

James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:16 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

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Wu: Major automakers plan to ship Level 4 vehicles by 2020-2021

“The major OEMs in Europe, US, and Japan, other places, if you look at their timetable, it's about twenty-twenty, twenty-twenty-one, they're gonna start shipping level four vehicles.”

James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:00 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

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Wu: Talent Shortage Will Be Primary Bottleneck for Self-Driving Industry

“For me, I think the major bottleneck At this stage, it's probably talents. In the next few years. Because suddenly, you need a lot of robotic experts. A lot more computer science engineers, scientists. And this will be a bottleneck for current state.”

James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:15 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

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Wu: Rural areas will require human drivers for a long time

“And also, I think for self-driving cars it will heavily rely on data, especially mapping data. So, I think for certain space, like rural regions or tough road, and people seldom drive, we don't have enough data there, it's probably still need human drivers the…”

James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:03 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens James's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

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a16zLEDGER	Founder, Calder	1	5	0% 0/1	full record on the a16z Podcast →