Smart City: How Startups Can Succeed

Self-driving cars that talk to roads and to each other, ensuring fast, safe and convenient  transportation. Energy generation and distribution that respond to a city’s dynamic needs. Water delivered through dynamic pricing, taking into account the exact real-time needs of a household. Radically better transportation, energy and water are some of the biggest promises around smart cities. And plenty of startups are playing in it as the diagram below and the full report from CB Insights illustrate. Yes, the technology that enables these use cases can also be used very destructively, eroding privacy and free speech — but that’s a…...