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Dmitri Dolgov

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The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

I guess my question is just, you know, Waymo does, you know, 25 million rides a year, run-ride-ish.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Yeah.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

with the Jaguar I-Pace.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

And it's interesting that so much scaling has happened with self-driving so far on the old, you know, retrofit.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

And sixth generation is both the custom vehicle.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Is it also a new generation of the driving stack?

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Okay, so Gen 6 is a new vehicle and a new sensor stack, but it's almost a TikTok cycle happening here.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

It's a similar software.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

That's right.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

What is different about the 6th generation hardware stack and how did you make it cheaper?

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

I have a very silly question.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

What are LIDARs versus radars better at in a self-driving company?

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

LIDAR... Are they complementary?

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

They're very complementary.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

That's interesting.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

So does that mean there are some environments where you'll be relying significantly more on radar?

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

But the performance is good enough.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Right.

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

Are there technical problems that are your,

The a16z Show
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov

white whale or you're just, you're still chasing or you are particularly interested in solving, even if they're kind of niche for the, you know, we just, we really want to have, you know, driving when it's actually snowing nailed or steep hills in San Francisco or, you know, are there problems you've been very interested in historically or still are?