Or they could have been one of the dozens upon dozens of failed self-driving startups that promised the moon and never shipped a product. Sheesh, if only they'd hired a bunch of headhunters to find money-hungry Ivy League CS grads, they could have joined the party of smoldering VC scams!
As for Waymo...is it really the best? It won't even drive on highways! Plus, it's not like you can "buy" a Waymo car. Nor will you ever be able to, I suspect.
Tesla is still the leader, but with Cruise in a death spiral and Waymo burning through so much cash their balance sheet is on the verge of spawning a gravitational singularity, I would not be so quick to dismiss Comma's strategy. Unlike anyone but Tesla, they ship a product you can actually buy, and actually use.
Agree totally; what Comma has achieved is noteworthy precisely because they've not gone the obvious SV route.
They've delivered a meaningfully functional product that you can actually buy for a very reasonable price and retrofit to all manner of cars, while raising very little and now being profitable.
As for Waymo...is it really the best? It won't even drive on highways! Plus, it's not like you can "buy" a Waymo car. Nor will you ever be able to, I suspect.
Tesla is still the leader, but with Cruise in a death spiral and Waymo burning through so much cash their balance sheet is on the verge of spawning a gravitational singularity, I would not be so quick to dismiss Comma's strategy. Unlike anyone but Tesla, they ship a product you can actually buy, and actually use.