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Waymo locks in $5B loan from Blackstone, PIMCO to fuel robotaxi expansion
This is the first time the Alphabet-owned company has turned to debt financing.
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Waymo's driverless cars continue to crash less often than people
Waymo's driverless cars continue to crash less often than people
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Waymo's latest expansion strategy: teenagers
Waymo is opening its robotaxi service to teenagers aged 13 to 17 in Nashville, its second city to offer rides to minors.
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Waymo is offering transit discounts again, this time with Visa
Waymo is offering transit discounts again, this time with Visa
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Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city
Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city
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Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles
The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.
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Waymo opens robotaxi service in Las Vegas
Las Vegas will be Waymo's 15th commercial robotaxi market.
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Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun
Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun
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Lyft Sees a Future for Its Drivers in a Driverless World: Servicing Waymos
A team-up with Waymo in Nashville has former Lyft drivers maintaining self-driving cars. What's next?
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Uber beats Waymo as first to launch robotaxis in London
Uber beats Waymo as first to launch robotaxis in London
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Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego and Tampa
Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook.
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In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says 'cameras. aren't enough'
In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says 'cameras. aren't enough'
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Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehi…
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TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo's robotaxi ambitions
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Waymo reveals Nvidia-powered compute system behind its robotaxis
Waymo has revealed new technical details about the onboard computing system that powers its autonomous driving technology, including a purpose-built 5 nm ASIC…
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Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada
Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.
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Waymo lifts the lid on the 'brain' powering its robotaxis
Waymo lifts the lid on the 'brain' powering its robotaxis
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Waymo's cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities
The next-generation robotaxi, called the Waymo Ojai, is central to the company's push towards mass scale, and eventually, profitability.
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First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.
First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.
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Waymo's robotaxis are spreading across California - here's where they're headed
Waymo said on X that the expansion "will be gradual and guided by our safety framework."
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Videos show Tesla and Waymo ramping up new vehicles for their robotaxi fleets
Videos show Tesla and Waymo ramping up new vehicles for their robotaxi fleets
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Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its 'Edge Cases.'
As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to…
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Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
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Waymo's CEO say this is why he ignores Silicon Valley's most famous mantra
Waymo's CEO say this is why he ignores Silicon Valley's most famous mantra
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Waymo robotaxis found to crash 68% less often than human drivers
Waymo's robotaxis are now safer than human drivers, according to an analysis of data from self-driving juggernaut Waymo -- in spite of headlines about automate…
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At Waymo, an AI project isn't ready until its evals are - not when the model performs well
Few companies face higher stakes when deploying AI than Waymo, the self-driving car company under Alphabet that spun out of Google. Its models do not merely ge…
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Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures
Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-California ) has proposed a bill that would direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety standards for autonomous vehicl…
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Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause
This isn't the first time power outages have caused issues for Waymo.
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San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco
In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it's time to put more requirements on robotaxi o…
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Uber's robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo
Washington D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo's competing views.
