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A self-driving technology company developing autonomous car technology, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Formerly Google self-driving car project.

Timeline

August 17, 2021

Waymo launches a robotaxi service that will be open to certain vetted riders in San Francisco.

June 16, 2021

Waymo raises $2,500,000,000 in latest fundraising round from Alphabet, venture capital firms, sovereign wealth funds and auto industry companies.

June 16, 2021

Waymo raises a $2,500,000,000 venture round from Alphabet Inc., Andreessen Horowitz, AutoNation, CPP Investments, Fidelity Ventures, Magna International, Mubadala Investment Company, Perry Creek Capital, Silver Lake Partners, T. Rowe Price, Temasek Holdings and Tiger Global Management.

May 13, 2020

Waymo raises an additional $750 million, bringing its first external fundraising round to $3 billion.

May 2020

Waymo raises a $750,000,000 private equity from Perry Creek Capital and T. Rowe Price.

March 2020

Waymo raises a $2,300,000,000 venture round from Alphabet Inc., Andreessen Horowitz, AutoNation, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Magna International, Mubadala, Mubadala Capital | Ventures Europe and Silver Lake Partners.

December 12, 2019

Waymo acquires Latent Logic, the Oxford artificial intelligence company.

The acquisition of Latent Logic giving Waymo its first presence in the UK.

September 30, 2019

Waymo announces that it is partnering with AAA Northern California, Nevada, and Utah and several other organizations to undertake an education campaign to eradicate the confusion and fear around autonomous vehicles (Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

May 29, 2019

Waymo announces its fully self-driving tractor-trailers will start driving on freeways.

April 23, 2019

Waymo picks Detroit factory for self-driving fleet, to be operational by mid-2019

GM plans to end output at its last Detroit factory next year, after announcing in November a plan to halt production at five North American assembly plants and cut about 15,000 jobs.

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Drive I/O | Meet the Chinese self-driving car startup with Google roots · TechNode

Jill Shen

October 12, 2021

TechNode

TechNode talked to Da Fang, co-founder and chief scientist of QCraft on the developments of Chinese autonomous vehicles.

How Tesla can sell 'full self-driving' software that doesn't really drive itself

CNN

October 10, 2021

CTVNews

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the company will roll out the latest beta version of its 'full self-driving' software to 1,000 owners this weekend.

California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides

Jonathan M. Gitlin

October 1, 2021

Ars Technica

But the California Public Utilities Commission still has to give its approval.

Chinese self-driving companies are looking beyond robotaxis · TechNode

Jill Shen

September 23, 2021

TechNode

Chinese AV players are shifting their attention to more practical applications amid growing uncertainties surrounding the future of robotaxis.

The Station: Rivian makes its IPO move, Nuro pushes into Nevada and Waymo scales up in SF

Kirsten Korosec

August 30, 2021

TechCrunch

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here -- just click The Station -- to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. I'm [...]