Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t nearly vehicles.
The deal, for $750 million up entrance plus one other $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a significant enlargement into robotaxis for the corporate based by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It additionally seems like one other chip from Uber on the autonomous car roulette desk. With greater than 20 AV companions worldwide, the query isn’t simply whether or not Waabi can ship on its plans to deploy over 25,000 robotaxis, however whether or not Uber’s bet-on-everything technique truly works.
Watch as Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane and Anthony Ha mentioned Uber’s AV partnership technique, why Waabi’s “simulation-first” strategy could be completely different, and extra of the week’s headlines.
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