Waymo has New $16 billion funding round almost finalized According to the Financial Times, the robotaxi company would be valued at $110 billion. More than three-quarters of that funding will reportedly come from a source closer to home — Alphabet, where Waymo is a subsidiary. (The company was incubated as part of Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory”.)…
On January 23, a Waymo robotaxi hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, according to the company. Waymo told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the child – whose age is not known – suffered minor injuries. NHTSA has opened a Investigation in the accident, and Waymo said blog post…
A pregnant woman in San Francisco gave birth Monday night inside a Waymo robotaxi en route to UCSF Medical Center, the latest milestone in the driverless car saga that no one saw coming — except everyone with more than six months of experience behind the wheel of a ride-share vehicle. according to sf standardWaymo’s remote…
Six months ago, Waymo revealed it was providing 250,000 robotaxi rides a week across its service areas, a growing list that includes Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Alphabet-owned self-driving company has since been scrambling, simply reporting that it has hundreds of thousands in charge of weekly rides. Now,…
The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has rocked San Francisco’s Mission District, According to The New York Times, After Kit Kat was crushed by a Waymo robotaxi on the evening of October 27, locals built a shrine in her memory. The area has also been decorated with competing signs, some criticizing…
Silicon Valley rules? It is not good to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it is becoming clear who the industry thinks should shape AI development. on this issue of equityKirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how to toe the line between…
