Overview
- Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global and Sequoia Capital led the round, with participation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Mubadala Capital, T. Rowe Price, Silver Lake and Tiger Global.
- Waymo plans to launch ride-hailing in more than 20 additional cities in 2026, naming London and Tokyo among targets as its vehicles are spotted testing in the UK capital.
- The company reports rapid scale in 2025 with about 15 million rides, roughly 400,000 weekly trips across six U.S. metros and more than 20 million lifetime journeys.
- Waymo cites 127 million autonomous miles and a claimed 90% reduction in serious-injury crashes versus human drivers as it deploys new capital.
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation after a Waymo vehicle struck a child in California, as rivals Tesla and Amazon-backed Zoox expand their own robotaxi efforts.