99% of startups fail, this one will be no exception to the stats.
Sure, they might succeed, but there's no guarantee they'll make it past this super basic PoC.
They're a startup. That's what startups do. If you think they're wasting their time you're really on the wrong website right now.
I too am mostly here in a more spectating mode when it comes to all the VC startup brained ideas, but its not primarily people that fail, its an entire system of thought, and the money that gets poured into it; its staunch belief in technological determinism combined with highly sophisticated investment schemes and plenty of capital.
I am not going to the race to see the cars maybe crash, its enough to see the cars go round and round in circles.
IMO very few startups fail entirely. Plenty don't get to the point where they make a profit, and fewer still make a return for their investors, but there are lots of other things startups do that can be considered successes.
For most startups failing is an event that comes at the end of a long journey filled with successes. It would be wrong to only consider the last step.
> Anything you can think of, they’ve thought of and it’s on their roadmap.
Literally nothing about the linked site suggests that this is the case. The commenter I'm responding to is functioning on unbridled (and in my opinion, irrational) optimism for a company that has one demo video putting out a camp fire.
It takes more than hope to run a company. You have to have a viable idea and execution plan, too.
- 50 drones not one - make sure they don’t run into each other - drones of different sizes and speeds - watch out for power lines - watch out for birds - don’t run into planes - don’t ruin the scenery for hikers by always being aloft - make sure they are charged - use as first line of defense before the humans come - make sure they can’t be hacked