Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—stands for a new way forward in mobility. Our mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.
Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—stands for a new way forward in mobility. Our mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.
Core business: Autonomous driving technology and operator of Waymo One (fully autonomous ride-hailing service)
Ownership: Majority-owned by Alphabet
Recent fundraising: $16B investment round announced Feb 2026; $5.6B Series C in Nov 2024
Scale: Millions of autonomous miles driven and 20M+ rides served
Headcount (approx.): ~3,000 employees
Autonomous vehicle technology, robotaxi operations, and commercial deployment of self-driving systems.
2016
Autonomous vehicles / Mobility
$16 billion
Alphabet remained majority investor; round valued Waymo at $126B post-money (company statement)
$5.6 billion
Round announced in November 2024
“Round led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital with Alphabet as majority investor; participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Mubadala Capital, Bessemer, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, and T. Rowe Price”
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