United States · Autonomous driving · privateSummary
The most operationally mature robotaxi service, majority-owned by Alphabet. Runs commercial rides in six major US metros with 400,000+ weekly rides and 127M+ fully autonomous miles logged; the Feb 2026 round funds expansion into 20+ more cities including Tokyo and London.
Notable
$16B round led by Dragoneer, DST Global and Sequoia, with Alphabet as majority investor; reported a 90% reduction in serious-injury crashes vs. human driving over its autonomous mileage.
Key facts
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
Founded
2009
Role
builder
Category
Autonomous Driving
Sector
Autonomous driving
Status
private
CEO
Tekedra Mawakana & Dmitri Dolgov (co-CEOs)
Founders
Spun out of the Google Self-Driving Car Project (started 2009); became Waymo in 2016
Funding
$16B investment round (Feb 2026)
Valuation
$126B post-money (Feb 2026)
Peers — same category & country
United Kingdom
Canada
China
United Arab Emirates
Israel
JapanCapital
Funding
$16B investment round (Feb 2026)
Valuation
$126B post-money (Feb 2026)
Status
private
Investors
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