Waymo

Facts

Segment

AUTOMOTIVE

Country

United States

Headquarters

Mountain View

Founded

2016

Website

https://waymo.com/

About Waymo

Waymo develops the Waymo Driver autonomous-driving system and operates fully autonomous ride-hailing services. Cameras, lidar, radar, onboard compute and driving software perceive the road, predict other users and plan vehicle motion without a human driver in supported operating areas.

Waymo integrates the system into partner vehicle platforms and runs commercial fleets with mapping, remote assistance, charging, cleaning and customer operations. In 2026 the company raised US$16 billion at a US$126 billion post-money valuation after reporting 20 million lifetime rides, 127 million fully autonomous miles and more than 400,000 weekly rides.

Market context

DEPLOYMENT

Summary

Type: Robotaxi platform

Core: Waymo Driver

Function: Passenger transport

Audience: Urban riders

Research, Articles and recent verified events

• Waymo details custom 5nm ASIC and autonomous-compute partner stack — 2026-08-20
• Waymo receives California authority for wider robotaxi service area — 2026-08-14
• Waymo leases third Washington, D.C. operations site — 2026-08-06
• Waymo begins resuming freeway operations after construction-zone software remedy — 2026-06-25
• Waymo raises $16 billion investment round at $126 billion valuation — 2026-02-02
• Waymo closes $5.6 billion investment round — 2024-10-25
• Waymo opens 24/7 rider-only airport service in Phoenix — 2022-12-16
• Waymo raises $2.5 billion investment round — 2021-06-16