Ariel Seidman - Taking on Google Maps, Crowdsourced mapping & Crypto
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
