Waymo
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., originally born from Google's Self-Driving Car Project in 2009 and spun out as an independent company in 2016. It operates Waymo One, a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service available in cities including San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Widely regarded as the industry leader in autonomous vehicles, Waymo is one of the few AI-driven products to achieve mainstream public trust and adoption at scale.
Company Info
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, CA
- Founders
- Sebastian Thrun, Chris Urmson
- Employees
- 2,500–3,500
- Website
- https://waymo.com
- Status
- active
Funding
$11.1B+ total