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Q love that. Uh, is, is that actually a bull case for the regulatory regime in America working as intended, and we should have companies that can go test things elsewhere and then bring it back when it's mature and the technology is ready, or Are there specific regulatory changes that you'd like to see over the next decade to either spur more innovation or just make what you do easier?
A You know, it's a good question. When we were launching, we really had this sense. There was such an unclear regulatory environment with regard to what we were proposing. You know, we thought someone would build an automated logistics system for Earth. That seemed like a really important idea, but it was so unclear from a regulatory perspective that I think we really just concluded we have got to go do the most obvious life-saving thing imaginable because that would maximize the chances that we could Um, you know, I mean, it was both powerful because it was an amazing mission and because it would maximize the chances that we could innovate and get started and operate in the real world. And so, uh, we needed a public healthcare system to do that. Uh, we didn't want to work with a whole bunch of, you know, helter skelter health systems, which you kind of, uh, in the U S we gotta be good if we could have a public healthcare system. And so that immediately caused us to go to certain parts of the world. Um, and then I think also there's just a lot of, you know, people think, oh, the regulatory environment must be so different in Africa than the U S actually not true. Pretty much the same regulatory regime when it comes to airspace, because planes fly back and forth between them. So you need the same rules. I think the difference was finding a government that behaves more like a start…
AI assessment note: “finding a government that behaves more like a startup, a small, agile government”
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Q love that. Uh, is, is that actually a bull case for the regulatory regime in America working as intended, and we should have companies that can go test things elsewhere and then bring it back when it's mature and the technology is ready, or Are there specific regulatory changes that you'd like to see over the next decade to either spur more innovation or just make what you do easier?
A You know, it's a good question. When we were launching, we really had this sense. There was such an unclear regulatory environment with regard to what we were proposing. You know, we thought someone would build an automated logistics system for Earth. That seemed like a really important idea, but it was so unclear from a regulatory perspective that I think we really just concluded we have got to go do the most obvious life-saving thing imaginable because that would maximize the chances that we could Um, you know, I mean, it was both powerful because it was an amazing mission and because it would maximize the chances that we could innovate and get started and operate in the real world. And so, uh, we needed a public healthcare system to do that. Uh, we didn't want to work with a whole bunch of, you know, helter skelter health systems, which you kind of, uh, in the U S we gotta be good if we could have a public healthcare system. And so that immediately caused us to go to certain parts of the world. Um, and then I think also there's just a lot of, you know, people think, oh, the regulatory environment must be so different in Africa than the U S actually not true. Pretty much the same regulatory regime when it comes to airspace, because planes fly back and forth between them. So you need the same rules. I think the difference was finding a government that behaves more like a start…
AI assessment note: “finding a government that behaves more like a startup, a small, agile government”
