Overview

• Lior Ron steps down from day-to-day duties at Uber Freight to serve as chief operating officer of autonomous trucking startup Waabi while retaining his role as Uber Freight chairman.
• Rebecca Tinucci, former Tesla charging infrastructure leader, succeeds Ron as chief executive officer of Uber Freight.
• Waabi reports it has achieved a “feature complete” milestone for its self-driving trucks and is on track to begin fully driverless freight services by the end of 2025.
• The company relies on its Waabi World closed-loop simulator to accelerate AI training, testing and validation, reducing the need for extensive on-road trials.
• Backed by roughly $283–288 million in funding and partnerships with Uber and Volvo, Waabi says no additional capital is required to reach its commercialization phase.