Tim Stevens

And so at that point, you know, we're pulling away from the old integrated development ways where it was kind of dated hardware and, you know, kind of arcane ways of doing things into more standardized software development procedures to write software for a new car.

That means that we've got masses of software that we never had before, huge integration efforts.

And we also have more regulations internationally for cybersecurity in cars that we never had to worry about before.

It's creating this snowball effect where software in cars is getting bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger.

And most automotive developers at this point really aren't prepared for that because they've never had to deal with this before.

And so there's definitely an opportunity here for AI to come in and help when it comes to things like creating documentation, automated unit testing and things like that.

You know, chores, which are, as a former software developer, I can say are not exactly the things that you look forward to doing in the morning, but they are very important things to do nevertheless.

Sure.

And those are great opportunities for AI to come in.

But again, we're talking about those are tasks that you would throw at a new software developer who was just fresh out of school.

And we're again, kind of raising the bar there.

But again, that has the opportunity to make code more reliable.

develop more quickly and ultimately again, help to move that pipeline in because we've got years worth of software development to make these cars ready to roll.

If we can pull that into, we can again, get these cars on the road more quickly.

When it comes to regulations for cars on the road, things like crash testing, emissions testing, that's all real-world stuff that has to be passed.

So whether it's happening by AR or not, that's not changing.

The proof is in the pudding on that one.

Exactly, yeah.

But there is a whole new era of regulation when it comes to software, making sure that your vehicle is updated regularly, any cybersecurity issues are addressed quickly, and that those updates continue on for the life of the vehicle probably about 10 years or so.

And that's an area where...