Lyft Plugs Into Bee Maps for AV Mapping Boost

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Lyft Plugs Into Bee Maps for Autonomous Vehicle Mapping Boost

Written by Aaron S.,

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Last Updated: May 15, 2025

Key Takeaways

Lyft is using Bee Maps' decentralized data to improve navigation and support its autonomous vehicle development;
Bee Maps collects real-time street images from global drivers using AI dashcams and rewards them with its HONEY token;
Lyft licenses mapping data only, so its drivers do not contribute to Bee Maps' crowdsourced image collection.

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Lyft Plugs Into Bee Maps for Autonomous Vehicle Mapping Boost

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The ridesharing service Lyft has started working with Bee Maps, a decentralized mapping service that runs on Solana and uses the Hivemapper network.

The company is using Bee Maps’ data to support its efforts in building better navigation tools, especially as it continues developing its autonomous vehicle systems.

Bee Maps shared news of the partnership in a blog post on May 14, naming Lyft as one of the companies now using its data. Although the two companies began working together in 2024, this was the first public confirmation of their collaboration.

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The Bee Maps platform is built by contributors around the world who collect street-level images using dashcams powered by artificial intelligence (AI). In return, they earn HONEY, the network’s own cryptocurrency. This approach helps Bee Maps update its maps often, which uses information from real-world drivers instead of relying on older, centralized methods.

Although Bee Maps gathers its data from everyday drivers, Lyft’s role in the partnership is focused only on accessing the data. Lyft drivers are not contributing images or helping build the maps.

Ariel Seidman, the CEO and co-founder of Bee Maps, said that traditional mapping tools cannot keep up with constant changes on the road. He emphasized that for self-driving technology to succeed, maps need to be updated frequently and built through open contributions from many users.

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