Accidents and Self Driving Cars

At Frontier, we read with interest Jason Calacanis’ recent defense of self-driving cars.  [click here to read]  Our partnership was also thinking about writing a piece on the subject, but not only did Jason beat us to it, he also framed the argument perfectly, so we opted to mention his piece instead of duplicating efforts.  Bottom line, accidents will happen.  And this concern, now come true, has catalyzed some of our thinking and exploration in the space in recent months.  We believe data and personalization are the key to building the software and infrastructure for accident avoidance.  But it turns out that data and personalization also drove us (pun intended) to invest in Driav, which offers an autonomous vehicle risk mitigation strategy for auto manufacturers, auto owners and insurers.  If there are going to be accidents, there needs to be a way to assign and spread risk.  With unique access to sensor data in cars, Driav does just that.  We are excited to collaborate with Driav’s founder, Dan Peate, as he builds a big company promoting safety and productivity for driverless autos. 

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