Ariel Seidman - Taking on Google Maps, Crowdsourced mapping & Crypto - MBM#58
Description
Ariel Seidman is one of the co-founders of Hivemapper, a company building a map through selling dashcams & paying contributing drivers with the aim of competing with Google Maps. Ariel has a long history of mapping, working on Map & Search at Yahoo in the mid 2000s.
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About Ariel
Shownotes
- Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson (Affiliate Link)
- Econ 102 with Noah Smith: https://www.youtube.com/@ECON102Podcast
Timestamps
(00:00 ) - Introduction
(02:29 ) - Sponsor: Planet
(03:43 ) - Ariel describes himself
(05:59 ) - Steve Jobs influence
(07:30 ) - Leaving Yahoo
(11:32 ) - Importance of owning the collected data
(14:15 ) - Hivemapper
(25:53 ) - Incentivizing contributions
(30:42 ) - So, Why crypto?
(33:23 ) - Public distrust of crypto
(39:16 ) - Building trust with contributors
(46:40 ) - Regulations & Privacy
(51:14 ) - Turning images into maps
(01:06:04 ) - Customer base
(01:16:26 ) - Bike support?
(01:19:11 ) - Most interesting users
(01:22:31 ) - Future predictions
(01:26:10 ) - Collaborating with car manufacturers
(01:27:47 ) - Book & podcast
(01:31:51 ) - Changes in Journalism
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