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Waymo

Company overview

What Waymo does

Waymo (Waymo LLC) is an Alphabet subsidiary developing and operating commercial, fully autonomous driving technology and services (L4 robotaxi). It offers the Waymo Driver (the autonomy stack and fleet technology) and runs autonomous ride-hailing through the Waymo One app, alongside autonomous goods delivery via Waymo Via. Waymo also provides an open research dataset (Waymo Open Dataset) to accelerate work in autonomous driving; and it works with mobility, fleet-management, automotive, and charging partners to deploy and sustain operations across cities.

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Company record

Sep 14, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogOpening our doors to Tokyo riders in 2027 with Nihon Kotsu and GO

Waymo stated it, Nihon Kotsu, and GO had agreed to prepare for the commercial launch of an unmanned Tokyo ride-hailing service in 2027.

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Sep 14, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogVegas, Deal Us In! We’re welcoming riders today

Waymo announced that starting September 14, 2026, the city’s first public riders could take fully autonomous trips in Las Vegas.

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Sep 01, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogWelcoming our first riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa

Waymo announced it was beginning to welcome first public riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa, stating the launch marked 14 cities where it provides fully autonomous trips.

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Aug 25, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogServus München: Waymo is Coming to Germany

Waymo described phased entry into Munich, starting with mapping and testing with trained autonomous specialists behind the wheel, and stated its plan to open commercial ride-hailing to the public toward the end of 2027.

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Aug 20, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogA look under our trunk: what’s in our compute

Waymo blog post describing its compute and how it translates raw sensor data into real-time driving commands (Waymo’s Waymo Driver compute).

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Jun 11, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogIntroducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience

Waymo introduced a subscription offering for riders, stating the price and initial cities for availability.

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Feb 24, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogReady to Ride: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando

Waymo announced selected riders in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando could begin taking local Waymo rides.

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Feb 02, 2026 · Official · Waymo blogAccelerating our global growth: Waymo raises $16 billion investment round

Waymo announced a $16B investment round valuing Waymo at $126B post-money and listed the led-by and participating investors.

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Oct 25, 2024 · Official · Waymo blogInvesting to bring the Waymo Driver to more riders

Waymo announced a closed oversubscribed $5.6B investment round led by Alphabet and stated it aimed to expand Waymo One service areas and continue advancing the Waymo Driver.

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Capital

Funding

Latest disclosed valuation$126B

Tracked capital$26.4B4 sourced rounds

DateRoundRaisedValuationLead / investorsEvidence

Feb 02, 2026Investment round (led by Dragoneer; majority investor Alphabet)$16B$126B

Dragoneer Investment Group DST Global Sequoia Capital

+14 investors

Alphabet Andreessen Horowitz BDT & MSD Partners Bessemer Venture Partners CapitalG Fidelity Management & Research Company GV Kleiner Perkins Mubadala Capital Perry Creek Capital Silver Lake T. Rowe Price Temasek Tiger Global

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Oct 25, 2024Oversubscribed investment round$5.6B$45B

Alphabet

+6 investors

Andreessen Horowitz Fidelity Perry Creek Silver Lake T. Rowe Price Tiger Global

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Jun 16, 2021Investment round$2.5B—

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+12 investors

Alphabet Andreessen Horowitz AutoNation Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Fidelity Management & Research Company Magna International Mubadala Investment Company Perry Creek Capital Silver Lake T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.Temasek Tiger Global

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Mar 02, 2020First external investment round$2.3B—

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Mubadala Investment Company Silver Lake

+4 investors

Alphabet Andreessen Horowitz AutoNation Magna International

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Products & focus

What it builds

Waymo Driver

Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology that powers its autonomous fleets and deployments.

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Waymo One

Waymo’s rider-facing autonomous ride-hailing service accessible via the Waymo One app in operational service areas.

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Waymo Via

Waymo’s autonomous goods delivery business application for deliveries and freight use cases.

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Waymo Premier

An elevated rider subscription offering Waymo riders additional benefits; Waymo stated a $29.99/month price and initial availability to select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

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Waymo Open Dataset

A Waymo dataset made available for the research community to support autonomous-driving innovation.

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People

Leadership

Tekedra MawakanaCo-Chief Executive Officer Dmitri DolgovCo-Chief Executive Officer Becky BucichChief People Officer Steve FielerChief Financial Officer Amar MehtaChief Legal Officer Saswat PanigrahiChief Product Officer

Operating signals

Key metrics

Fully autonomous operation miles127 millionFeb 02, 2026 Serious injury crash reduction vs. human driving90% reductionFeb 02, 2026 Annual rides in 202515 million ridesFeb 02, 2026 Lifetime rides to date20 million+ ridesFeb 02, 2026 Weekly rides provided400,000+ rides per weekFeb 02, 2026 Paid weekly trips (10x increase claim)Over 100,000 paid weekly tripsOct 25, 2024 Rider coverage cities (fully autonomous trips)14 citiesSep 01, 2026 Waymo Driver simulation and public-road scale (contextual milestone claim)10 billion+ simulation miles (and 20M+ public miles across 25+ cities referenced in 2020 external round announcement)Mar 02, 2020

Company history

Milestones & partnerships

Sep 01, 2026

Expanded public fully autonomous service to additional cities

Waymo began welcoming first public riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa, stating this brought its fully autonomous service to 14 cities.

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Phased Munich entry toward commercial ride-hailing (toward end of 2027)

Waymo described a Munich plan starting with manual driving and HD mapping/testing before aiming to open commercial ride-hailing to the public toward the end of 2027.

↗Jun 11, 2026

Launched Waymo Premier rider subscription

Waymo stated Waymo Premier costs $29.99 per month and is initially offered to select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

↗Feb 02, 2026

Raised $16B at $126B post-money valuation

Waymo announced its $16B investment round and $126B post-money valuation.

↗Oct 25, 2024

Closed $5.6B oversubscribed round to support Waymo One expansion and Waymo Driver development

Waymo announced an oversubscribed $5.6B round led by Alphabet and cited expansion of Waymo One service areas and freeway operations, plus introduction of a 6th-generation Waymo Driver.

↗Mar 02, 2020

First external investment round

Waymo announced its first external investment round led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Mubadala Investment Company (with additional investors including Magna International, Andreessen Horowitz, AutoNation, and Alphabet).

↗Dec 13, 2016

Rebranded and became Waymo as an Alphabet business

Waymo described the transition to “Waymo” as an Alphabet business, stating it was taking a next step in launching its own company to offer more rides in more places.

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