Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ...
by fredfilz on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @06:34PM
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Hey @echelon,
Interesting thoughts on Comma. Ever thought of working in AV? We're quite similar to Comma but for construction vehicles. We have a couple customers, just raised our seed, and are now expanding our team with some very critical high-ownership founding engineers.
Some info about us: - https://crewline.ai/ - https://crewline.ai/blog/crewline-manifesto
LMK if this is of interest. -Freddie [email protected]
I think a fully autonomous car has to be designed around LiDAR and autonomy from the ground up. That's a hugely capital intensive task that integrates a lot of domains and data. And so much money and talent.
This is more in the ballpark of Google Waymo, Amazon Zoox, Tesla/xAI, Rivian, Apple, etc.
And as the other folks have mentioned, this becomes a really good prospect if one company can manage the autonomy, insurance, maintenance, updates, etc. A fully vertically integrated subscription offering on top of specially purposed hardware you either lease or purchase.