Would need context about what he says is solved.
Their original buisness was recently updated street view imagery…I don’t see that yet from Google; they still have decade old images online.
Their new business is object mapping datasets, sort of like Rovr. Did Mike mean Rovr has solved it? They might more accurate depth data with the LC but they won’t have the coverage of Hivemapper.
Their other business is fleet management. Yes, that has been solved, but Hivenapper Is going for cheap…essentially being rhe Geodnet (offering same services but cheaper) of fleet management equupment snd services.
So, hard to say
Most people are pessimistic because most people on here are trying to earn money from suppling the data yet we have a late device that costs more in order to keep earning something like 1/20th of our previous face-melting earnings from as recently as spring 2024.
I think the business model of Hivemapper is pretty substantial yet drivers almost certainly won’t be getting a massive windfall like we did from Dec 2023 and winding way way back by summer 2024. And price anchoring is so strong in drivers’ minds it sure does meet the definition of failure if you’re getting a couple tokens worth a nickel per mile compared to day job-quitworthy money of $50/hour that any one with two braincells to rub together could tell you waas never going to be long term sustainable.