Innovaitors

What are the challenges that prevent us from having safe autonomous vehicles on the road today? Today we are joined by DeepMap co-founder and CEO James Wu to talk about how the company wants to tackle these challenges and accelerate the progress and availability of safe autonomy by providing the world's best HD mapping and localization services. ##The Challenges of Safe Autonomy DeepMap is building a software solution for HD mapping and localization for autonomous vehicles, but there are a few major challenges to overcome. First, there's the technology challenge, which is a very difficult problem to solve. Another big issue is the economic challenge. How can we make a self driving car that's actually more affordable than a human driven car? ##DeepMap’s Mission DeepMap co-founder and CEO James Wu realized that all the major players in the space will be facing the same challenges. "It doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel over and over as an industry," says Wu. If everyone is building their own sel