Speaking from a researcher (both academic/industry) in vision for almost 10 years, I am afraid that they founders have quite underestimated the difficulty of th

Speaking from a researcher (both academic/industry) in vision for almost 10 years, I am afraid that they founders have quite underestimated the difficulty of the problem. Even a dog's visual system is very advanced, if you consider it from the big picture in evolution of visual sensory system in animals. So in the interview "if you can make a vision system that’s just as good as a dog" is in some sense analogous to saying "if you can simulate what's produced from 90% of visual evolution over these million years", which is clearly, a bit over-optimistic as a starting goal. That being said, wish them luck. It's a worthy try afterall.