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Autonomous car technology company
Waymo LLC (/weɪmoʊ/ WAY-moh) is an American autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet
Waymo
Robotaxi operated by Waymo
The Waymo Ojai is a battery electric robotaxi manufactured by Zeekr for Waymo since December 2024 and in passenger service since May 2026. The Ojai serves
Waymo_Ojai
French-American automobile engineer (born 1980)
2009, Levandowski co-founded Google's self-driving car program, known as Waymo, and was a technical lead until 2016. In 2010, he co-founded Google X along
Anthony_Levandowski
Chinese automobile brand
stations. Zeekr developed Waymo's autonomous robotaxi. In December 2021, Geely announced that Zeekr would be collaborating with Waymo to develop and provide
Zeekr
Motor vehicle
sales figures in other markets or the thousands sold to Waymo (as detailed below). In 2018, Waymo selected the Jaguar I-Pace for use in its autonomous ride-hailing
Jaguar_I-Pace
Taxi without a human driver
active robotaxi services include Avride, Baidu, Motional, Pony.ai, Tesla, Waymo, WeRide and Zoox. So far, all the trials have involved specially modified
Robotaxi
Vehicle operated with reduced or no human input on public roads
subject to commercial advertising and branding considerations. In 2020, Waymo was the first to offer rides in driverless taxis in the operational design
Self-driving_car
Interactive world generators
increased memory capability. In February 2026, Waymo adopted Genie 3 and created a specialized world model, the Waymo World Model, for autonomous driving simulation
Genie_(world_model)
Self-driving vehicle technology company
officer of Google/Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving team, which became known as Waymo, as well as by Sterling Anderson, former head of Tesla Autopilot, and Drew
Aurora_Innovation
American businesswoman and lawyer
American businesswoman and lawyer and is the co-chief executive officer of Waymo. Previously, she was the company's chief operating officer, and prior employers
Tekedra_Mawakana
American self-driving car company
human driver during limited hours in certain areas of the city. Cruise and Waymo later submitted applications to the CPUC, seeking to expand the commercial
Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)
public service; operations begin in Eiheiji, Fukui. 2023 — CPUC authorizes Waymo and Cruise to charge fares for 24/7 driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco
Timeline of transportation technology
Timeline_of_transportation_technology
American multinational technology company
include quantum computing (Willow, Google Quantum AI), self-driving cars (Waymo), and transformer models (Google DeepMind). Google Search and YouTube are
American international technology company
different economic reality than the one we face today." In January 2024, Waymo, the autonomous driving division of Alphabet Inc., which operates extensively
Alphabet_Inc.
Mass shooting in Texas, US
members requested that officials from Waymo attend a meeting on April 29 "to ensure stronger coordination between Waymo’s operations and Austin’s public safety
2026_Austin_bar_shooting
Russian-American businessman (born 1977/1978)
Waymo. Previously, he worked on self-driving cars at Toyota and Stanford University for the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007). Dolgov then joined Waymo's predecessor
Dmitri_Dolgov
Type of autonomous vehicle
in the delivery process. In September 2022, Guidehouse Insights listed Waymo, Aurora, TuSimple, Gatik, Plus, Kodiak, Daimler Truck, Einride, Locomation
Self-driving_truck
Superintelligence Inc. Scale AI Spectre AI Thinking Machines Lab Undetectable.ai Waymo Writer Writesonic xAI Zoox 01.AI 4Paradigm Baichuan DeepSeek MiniMax Moonshot
List of artificial intelligence companies
List_of_artificial_intelligence_companies
Internal representation of world by AI
interaction. Waymo adopted Genie 3 in February 2026 and used it to create a specialized world model for autonomous driving simulation, called the Waymo World
World model (artificial intelligence)
World_model_(artificial_intelligence)
American investment firm
authors list (link) "Accelerating our global growth: Waymo raises $16 billion investment round". Waymo. Retrieved February 3, 2026. "Whatfix nabs $90M to
Dragoneer_Investment_Group
the cities we love". www.getcruise.com. Retrieved 30 June 2022. "Home". Waymo. Retrieved 30 June 2022. "AutoX". www.autox.ai. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
Autonomous_mobility_on_demand
Bodega cat killed by a Waymo car in 2025
bodega cat from the Mission District of San Francisco who was killed by a Waymo car on October 27, 2025. Locals built altars and the death has raised comments
KitKat_(cat)
Ride-hailing service operated by Tesla, Inc.
in its market with the older competitor Waymo, and it uses different vision systems on its cabs. While Waymo and other competitors utilize lidar, Tesla
Tesla_Robotaxi
American company developing self-driving taxis
Mission District. This launch directly accelerates Zoox's competition against Waymo, the Google subsidiary that already operates a fare-charging, driverless
Zoox
Autonomous vehicle technology company
DMV, in 2021 Pony.ai had the third-highest number of miles driven, behind Waymo and Cruise. In April 2022, Pony.ai became the first autonomous driving company
Pony.ai
CEO of self-driving technology company Aurora
leaders of Google's self-driving car project, which later spun off into Waymo in 2016. Urmson was born in Canada in 1976, the son of emigrants from England
Chris_Urmson
Battery electric minivan
and seat six or seven passengers. The Mix shares its platform with the Waymo Ojai. According to Zeekr, the Mix is designed to maximize cabin interior
Zeekr_Mix
subsidiary of General Motors began road testing in California. Two years later, Waymo was the first to commercialize a robotaxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, followed
History_of_self-driving_cars
American ride-sharing company
€175 million, expanding in Europe. In September 2025, Lyft partnered with Waymo to use self-driving cars for its service in Nashville. It also partnered
Lyft
on driverless cars occurred within two years in Chandler, Arizona, after Waymo began testing its vehicles in the city in 2017. People threw rocks at them
Violence_against_robots
American investment firm
SenseTime SoftBank Group Spotify Stripe strongDM The Viral Fever UiPath Waymo Yandex Vilaça, Mariana. "Largest Venture Capital Firms by AUM: Top VC Firms
Tiger_Global_Management
Suite of advanced driver-assistance system features
2020. "Waymo's autonomous cars have driven 20 million miles on public roads". VentureBeat. January 7, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020. "Waymo's autonomous
Tesla_Autopilot
United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth fund
software startup Turvo, Alphabet-owned self-driving technology company Waymo, Reliance Jio Platforms, UK life sciences company Envision, and Telegram
Mubadala_Investment_Company
World model developed by Waymo
The Waymo World Model is a world model (artificial intelligence) developed and used by Waymo for simulating edge cases for Waymo's self-driving cars. It
Waymo_World_Model
American research and development company
March 2025, Taara graduated from X to become its own independent company. Waymo was a Google project that involved developing technology for driverless
X_Development
American venture capital firm
platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-10-14. Ohnsman, Alan (July 15, 2025). "Waymo Vets Are Automating Construction With Self-Driving Dirt Diggers". Forbes
8VC
American politician and activist
can recoup their lost funds and continue their work. In October 2025, a Waymo car in Fielder's district hit and killed KitKat, a cat that ran under the
Jackie_Fielder
(2010–present) Visionary Vehicles (2002–present) VLF Automotive (2012–present) Waymo (2009–present) Wheego Technologies (2009–present) Workhorse Group (1998–present)
List of automobile manufacturers of the United States
List_of_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States
on 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-12-26. Randazzo, Ryan (30 January 2018). "Waymo to start driverless ride sharing in Phoenix area this year". Arizona Republic
List of self-driving system suppliers
List_of_self-driving_system_suppliers
American lawyer
lawsuit brought by Waymo, Google’s self-driving car unit, over theft of trade secrets covering self-driving car technology. While Waymo sought over $2 billion
Bill_Carmody_(lawyer)
Largest and most influential technology companies in the world
processor had achieved quantum supremacy. In 2021, Alphabet's subsidiary Waymo launched public robotaxi services in the United States. Alphabet reached
Big_Tech
American minivan
plug-in hybrids were produced before the cancellation. On November 7, 2017, Waymo announced that it had begun testing driverless cars without a safety driver
Chrysler_Pacifica_(minivan)
Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Internet_of_things
Chinese autonomous driving company
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Momenta
Form of artificial intelligence
Self-driving cars, such as the Waymo car pictured above, utilise weak AI
Weak_artificial_intelligence
American engineer
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Kyle_Vogt
Rivalries among developers of AI systems
societal impacts of increasingly human-like chatbots. Companies such as Waymo, Tesla, and Baidu are racing to deploy safe and reliable self-driving car
Competition in artificial intelligence
Competition_in_artificial_intelligence
Autonomous car from FU Berlin and AutoNOMOS Labs
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
MadeInGermany
American ridesharing and delivery company
Levandowski, previously employed by Waymo, allegedly founded Ottomotto using trade secrets he stole from Waymo. Uber settled a lawsuit regarding the
Uber
Self-driving trucking and delivering company
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Gatik
Chinese autonomous trucking company
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
CreateAI
American entrepreneur (born 1981)
Anguelov – Head of Research at Waymo. “Robustness, Safety, and Scalability at Waymo” (podcast, July 14, 2022). Covered Waymo’s self-driving AI advances and
Lukas_Biewald
Town in Maricopa County, Arizona
cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8. In 2018 Waymo started testing in a small portion of Gilbert's northwest. Mercy Gilbert
Gilbert,_Arizona
Use of various control systems for operating equipment
Starship Technologies Stäubli Symbotic Universal Robotics Wolf Robotics Waymo Zoox Yaskawa Agility Robotics Unitree Robotics 1X Technologies AgiBot Deep
Automation
Autonomous driving system
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Automated lane keeping systems
Automated_lane_keeping_systems
Car safety technology
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Driver_drowsiness_detection
CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google (born 1972)
Tenor Waze YouTube GV Isomorphic Labs Verily Baseline Study X Development Waymo Wing Former Boston Dynamics Chronicle Security Jigsaw Loon Makani Meka Robotics
Sundar_Pichai
Computational model used in machine learning
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Neural network (machine learning)
Neural_network_(machine_learning)
American automotive retailer
of 11 million vehicles. On November 2, 2017, AutoNation announced that Waymo, a developer of self-driving technology, enlisted AutoNation to maintain
AutoNation
Motorcar safety system
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Collision_avoidance_system
British hedge fund manager (born 1966)
there should be more effort to reduce losses in its self-driving unit, Waymo. On January 20, 2023, Alphabet cut 12,000 jobs which was 6% of its workforce
Chris_Hohn
Robotaxi project
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Yandex_self-driving_car
Motorised passenger road vehicle
from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022. "8 Ways Waymo's Autonomous Taxi Surprised Us on a Ride". Consumer Reports. 4 October 2022
Car
Law firm
would not use Waymo's hardware or software intellectual property in their autonomous car technology. The company also committed to paying Waymo a settlement
Susman_Godfrey_LLP
System that ensures that road vehicles do not exceed a safe or legally enforced speed
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Intelligent_speed_assistance
American venture capital firm
Networks, Synack, Snap, AppDynamics, Twitter, Applied Intuition, Anthropic, Waymo, Glean Technologies, OpenEvidence, Rippling, Harvey & Together AI. By 2024
Kleiner_Perkins
Advanced application
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Intelligent transportation system
Intelligent_transportation_system
American computer scientist
team that developed Stanley, the self-driving car that led to Google's Waymo, as well as Udacity, an online education platform for technology and AI
David_Stavens
Former American self-driving technology company
February 2017, Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging that Anthony Levandowski "downloaded 9.7 GB of Waymo’s highly confidential
Ottomotto
Electronic systems that help a vehicle driver while driving or parking
3–5) from 25 different manufacturers were involved in 130 crashes, led by Waymo LLC (62), Transdev Alternative Services (34), Cruise LLC (23), General Motors
Advanced driver-assistance system
Advanced_driver-assistance_system
American private equity firm
on February 4, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2020. "Self-driving car company Waymo raises $2.25 billion in first external round of funding". CNN. March 2,
Silver_Lake_(investment_firm)
Design, construction, use, and application of robots
Starship Technologies Stäubli Symbotic Universal Robotics Wolf Robotics Waymo Zoox Yaskawa Agility Robotics Unitree Robotics 1X Technologies AgiBot Deep
Robotics
Defunct American online retailer
Retrieved May 28, 2015. Kooser, Amanda. "April Fools' pranks: Space burps, Waymo self-driving cars for cats, pickle burger". CNET. Archived from the original
ThinkGeek
Automotive research centre
does development work for other companies. It developed a platform for Waymo's autonomous taxis. When Geely acquired Volvo, it used platform technology
Zeekr_Technology_Europe
Canadian-American scientist and business executive (born c. 1977)
such as the drone delivery service Wing, the self-driving car that became Waymo, and the Project Baseline Study. Google Life Sciences was rebranded as Verily
Vik_Bajaj
Waymo CEO (2015-2021)
of directors at electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian. He was the CEO of Waymo from 2015 to 2021. Krafcik was the former president of TrueCar and president
John_Krafcik
London-based hedge fund management firm
that there should be more effort to reduce losses in its self-driving unit Waymo. On 20 January 2023 Alphabet cut 12,000 jobs which was 6% of its workforce
The Children's Investment Fund Management
The_Children's_Investment_Fund_Management
Electric autonomous vehicle with cabin on two wheels
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
General_Motors_EN-V
Electric and self-driving car research and development project by Apple
autonomous vehicle permits with 70, behind GM's Cruise (175) and Alphabet's Waymo (88). On July 7, 2018, a former Apple employee was arrested by the FBI for
Apple_car_project
Swedish transport company
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Einride
Autonomous vehicles startup
Service In Dallas With Waymo Rival Avride". Forbes. Retrieved December 9, 2025. Hawkins, Andrew J. (October 4, 2024). "Waymo is adding the Hyundai Ioniq
Avride
American technology company
transportation". Mass Transit Magazine. Otts, Christopher (September 10, 2025). "Waymo Robotaxis Face New Challenger in Atlanta". The Wall Street Journal. Official
May_Mobility
– 极氪009 2023 1st EF1E Full-size MPV, BEV Mix – 极氪MIX 2024 1st CM2E Compact MPV, BEV Ojai Waymo Ojai – 2026 1st CM1E Compact MPV vehicle for Waymo, BEV
List_of_Geely_vehicles
Trōv in 2012. Current customers include Suncorp, Lloyds Banking Group, Waymo, PSA, and Zerology. Trōv pivoted to a business-to-business model and shut
Trov
investigated and speculated about self-driving cars, including Google subsidiary Waymo, among others. To help reduce the possibility of safety issues, some companies
Impact_of_self-driving_cars
System of multiple interacting agents
vehicle-under-test and microscopic traffic simulation based on independent agents. Waymo has created a multi-agent simulation environment Carcraft to test algorithms
Multi-agent_system
2008 American film
ISBN 978-0-8223-7301-8. OCLC 982533289. McNeil, Joanne (October 1, 2025). "Waymo Money, Waymo Problems". Los Angeles Review of Architecture. Official website Sleep
Sleep_Dealer
American robotics company
company was founded by engineers of Google's self-driving car project, Waymo. Jiajun Zhu served as the principal software engineer and Dave Ferguson
Nuro
American scientist (born 1946)
technology, which helps self-driving cars see and navigate, in the Uber v. Waymo lawsuit. President of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics
Paul_F._McManamon
City in California, United States
from Crockett in the northwestern edge of the San Francisco Bay. In 2025, Waymo self-driving cars became available in Santa Rosa. Sonoma–Marin Area Rail
Santa_Rosa,_California
Type of cycling accident
Waymo has been involved in seven injury-causing cyclist crashes, three of which were doorings by Waymo passengers. In June 2025, a cyclist sued Waymo
Dooring
American technology company
sector powerhouse". CNBC. Yoshida, Junko (July 14, 2020). "Ouster Takes on Waymo with Lidar Diversity". No. Automotive. EE Times. Archived from the original
Ouster_(company)
Motor vehicle platform
Zeekr 9X Zeekr 8X Zeekr Mix (CM2E) (2024–present) Waymo Ojai (CM1E) (2024–present) Zeekr Mix Waymo Ojai Radar Horizon / Riddara RD6 / Radar King Kong
Sustainable Experience Architecture
Sustainable_Experience_Architecture
American technology company
Self-Driving Car Works". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved April 29, 2016. "Google's Waymo invests in LIDAR technology, cuts costs by 90 percent". Ars Technica. Retrieved
Velodyne_Lidar
Canadian robotics company
trademark, and Clearpath continues to operate the OTTO brand. In light of Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al., Clearpath has issued a statement
Clearpath_Robotics
Mechanism designed to keep a car centered in the lane
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Lane_centering
Issues of legal responsibility for incidents involving autonomous vehicles
obligations (under a motto like 'seek forgiveness, not permission'), such as Waymo or Uber, could be normally expected to try to avoid responsibility to the
Self-driving_car_liability
Serbian-American AI researcher and technology executive
Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories (2006–2015). She subsequently joined Waymo (Google's self-driving car project) in 2015, focusing on machine learning
Aleksandra_Faust
Dutch businessman
MadeInGermany (2011) Waymo, formerly Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015) Avride (2017) Honda Legend (2021) Waymo Ojai (2026)
Harold_Goddijn
Dutch aerospace engineer (born 1990)
Prime Air customer delivery in the United Kingdom and has also worked at Waymo, Rivian, SpaceX and NASA Ames. De Jong graduated from Cranfield University
Daphne_de_Jong
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Male
Egyptian
, the son of Mizraim.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Ely.German : from a short form of the personal name Eligius (see Loy).
Boy/Male
Afghan, Australian, Pashtun
A River that Flows East to West in South Western Afghanistan; Near Qandahar
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Greek, Irish
Hazelnut Bird; Messenger of God; Shining; Brilliant; Similar to Helen
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Hilary, HILLARY means "joyful; happy."
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Creek Meadow
Girl/Female
Latin
From the Tiber.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Celtic
Faithful
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Light
Male
Italian
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Renatus, RENATO means "reborn."
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