The Ledger
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Sofman: Waymo has driven 70M+ miles and is 5x safer than humans
“Today, like there's over seventy million miles and statistically it's five times safer than a human. It's like genuinely like it is saving lives from a, on a, from a statistical basis.”
Sofman: Bedrock can retrofit heavy machines with autonomy in under four hours
“In a way that's totally reversible, it's non-invasive, and in less than four hours we can take a machine and upfit it to be, you know, to have the system on it.”
Sofman: Every general contractor Bedrock speaks to turns down excess work
“Every single GC we talked to has more jobs that they could take on that they just, like, physically can't, and so when that happens, market forces come into play.”
Sofman: Physical industries represent 80% to 85% of GDP
“Like, 80, 85% of our GDP is physical industries. It's the physical world.”
Sofman: Every automaker will offer Level 2 or 3 autonomy in 3–4 years
“Every car company is going to have a level two, level three solution in the next three, four years.”
Sofman: Anki Reached Nearly $100M Revenue With 85% Concentrated in Q4
“It was 85% Q-four, and we were, like, kind of close to a hundred million in revenue, and so your cash flows are spiking up and down like crazy, and you're locking in forecasts and end of the summer for what you think is going to be the demand.”
Sofman: Anki's $150 Product Once Resold for $1,000 on eBay
“I remember one year we were the number one selling product on eBay, and the 150 dollar product was going for a thousand on eBay.”
Sofman: Up to 40% of construction workers will retire within 10 years
“The average age go above 50 the up to 40% of construction workers are retiring in the next 10 years”
Sofman: US heavy machinery logs 1.25 billion operator hours annually
“There's one and a quarter billion hours of operator time operating these heavy machines just in the US. So one and a quarter billion hours a year.”