Assaf Biderman's guest appearances

Assaf Biderman

Ride On! by Micromobility Industries

Fast Forward

Deep Future

Michael Dunne

Colin Roche

David Zipper

Gabe Klein

Bradley Tusk

Dmitry Shevelenko

Tiffany Chu

Sam Baker

Felix Salmon

Jeff Russakow

Steve Anderson

Ryan Rzepecki

Kara Swisher

Amir Haleem

Parag Khanna

OwlTail

Superpedestrian CEO

In today’s episode Oliver interviews Assaf Biderman, CEO of SuperPedestrian, about his background founding the MIT Senseable Cities Lab and then Superpedestrian. Assaf has been thinking about micromobility longer than most anyone we’ve had on the podcast - this was a fun and very illuminating interview. This conversation convinced Oliver that the ‘intelligence’ that can be infused into micromobility devices has far deeper implications than first thought, especially for driving down operational costs and improving vehicle longevity.  Specifically we dig into:  The context for why micromobility is such a boon compared to the other transport options that cities can consider for moving people. His history founding the Senseable Cities Lab and their early work How that led to founding SuperPedestrian, and the early lessons with the amazing Copenhagen Wheel The pivot they've made into scooters, the important variables for the next generation of scooter hardware and why they believe that these need Why Assaf believes that Superpedestrian's intelligent 'nervous system' combines with mechanical improvements will drop operational costs by over 50% for operators. The implications of their approach on thinking of their product as a 'computing platform' and why they see their model as a hardware + SaaS business. Their  supply chain structure and costs, and why their entirely proprietary approach can actually make componentry cheaper. Their recent $20m raise, and what they're planning to do with the money.  It's one of the densest and most interesting discussions to date - hope you enjoy!

In today’s episode Oliver interviews Assaf Biderman, CEO of <a href="https://superpedestrian.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SuperPedestrian</a>, about his background founding the MIT Senseable Cities Lab and then Superpedestrian. Assaf has been thinking about micromobility longer than most anyone we’ve had on the podcast - this was a fun and very illuminating interview. This conversation convinced Oliver that the ‘intelligence’ that can be infused into micromobility devices has far deeper implications than first thought, especially for driving down operational costs and improving vehicle longevity. Specifically we dig into: <ul> <li>The context for why micromobility is such a boon compared to the other transport options that cities can consider for moving people.</li> <li>His history founding the Senseable Cities Lab and their early work</li> <li>How that led to founding SuperPedestrian, and the early lessons with the amazing Copenhagen Wheel</li> <li>The pivot they've made into scooters, the important variables for the next generation of scooter hardware and why they believe that these need</li> <li>Why Assaf believes that Superpedestrian's intelligent 'nervous system' combines with mechanical improvements will drop operational costs by over 50% for operators.</li> <li>The implications of their approach on thinking of their product as a 'computing platform' and why they see their model as a hardware + SaaS business.</li> <li>Their supply chain structure and costs, and why their entirely proprietary approach can actually make componentry cheaper.</li> <li>Their recent $20m raise, and what they're planning to do with the money.</li> </ul> It's one of the densest and most interesting discussions to date - hope you enjoy!

54: Unpacking the Impact of Intelligent Micromobility with Superpedestrian CEO, Assaf Biderman

Greg Lindsay

Episode 33. This conversation between Greg Lindsay and Assaf Biderman, founder and CEO of Superpedestrian and Associate Director of the MIT SENSEable City Lab, was recorded on location at the Moscow Urban Forum 2019. Assaf taught at the Strelka Institute and feels the city of Moscow has become a much more walkable than it was 8 years ago. Assaf and Greg chat about ride sharing in the context of multimodality, how the e-scooter business model can become sustainable and the importance of data infrastructure and for cities to provide their imput.

Live from MUF 2019, Part I - Greg Lindsay chats with Assaf Biderman