Adam Bry discusses Skydio's approach to drone technology (Part 2)

So anything that's not like a flying robot or using that as the foundation, we do a lot of software and workflow stuff on top is probably not a good fit for us. The first filter for us in building a product is, do we think that we can do it uniquely better than anybody else out there in the world? Because I think those are the most exciting things to work on, and those are the ways that we feel like we can add the most value to civilization, which is ultimately what this is all about. The nature of flying robots in public safety is much more kind of like narrow targeted response than it is kind of like blanket, always on surveillance. And so within the domain of flying robots, we want to do everything we can with our products to make it easy for agencies to be transparent with their communities and what they're doing to make sure that they're flying in a way that protects privacy and civil liberties. And we do a bunch of product work on this. We also do a bunch of policy work. Like we have model policies that we work with agencies on that we kind of can give them a framework for. If you're going to roll out a drone program, here's some policies that we think is healthy for you to operate by. Ultimately, they make the final decision, but we have a lot of influence and impact in that process. And look, I don't want to live in a sort of blanket surveillance world where each of us has a drone. This brother is watching. Yeah. Spying on us 24 7. I don't want to live in that world. I don't want to help build that world. But I. I've just seen every day now the impact that these products can have. And so the mandate for us, and I think the agencies that we work with is continuing to develop and deploy the technology in a way that is just overwhelmingly positive for civilization. And ultimately that's not judged by us. It's judged by voters and citizens, which I think is exactly the right kind of feedback and accountability mechanism. I love this story from, I think the 2018 Model 3 production ramp, where Elon was basically in the Fremont factory all day, every day. And he would just walk to the red wherever the biggest bottleneck was for the. For the production line, he would just walk over there and basically stay there until it was unfucked for you. When you're trying to think about what is the highest leverage activity that you could possibly be doing at any given moment, like, how do you decide where to spend your time and what to focus on? I basically think about two. I'll maybe say three things. The foundation for everything.