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Waabi

Physical AI developer for autonomous vehicles

waabi.ai

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada
Founded year: 2021
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 50–350

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Latest news about Waabi

In short: Waabi secured $1 billion in funding, including a $750M Series C and a strategic partnership with Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis.

Company announcements

June 12 Waabi

Waabi and Volvo accelerate autonomous trucking plans

The Waabi Driver has been integrated with Volvo VNL autonomous truck since 2025, with driverless ops planned for Q1 2027 and scaling to hundreds of trucks by end of 2027.

May 27 Waabi

Waabi's founder and CEO elected to Royal Society Fellowship

Raquel Urtasun recognized for 25+ years of pioneering AI and autonomous vehicle research.

May 19 Waabi

Waabi responds to BUILD America 250 Act

The legislation includes a federal framework for autonomous trucks, providing regulatory certainty as the company scales.

April 9 Waabi

Waabi announces DriveGATr research

DriveGATr combines transformers with SE(2) equivariance for agent modeling in self-driving. It enables efficient traffic simulation. Scott Xu presents at CVPR2026.

Media coverage

February 2 Law360

Self-Driving Car Biz Waabi Secures $750M In New Funding - Law360

Self-driving automobile tech company Waabi on Wednesday announced that it secured $750 million of new funding and unveiled a partnership with Uber that will be...

January 30 Forbes

This Female-Founded Self-Driving Trucking Company Says It's Raised $1 Billion. Plus: How Bumble Is Attempting To Combat Dating App Fatigue

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January 30 BNN Bloomberg

Robot: AI firm expands self driving cars deal with Uber

Raquel Urtasun, CEO & founder of Waabi, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the company's development of AI for autonomous trucks and robotaxis.

January 28 University of Toronto

Self-driving startup Waabi makes global headlines after raising as much as US$1 billion

An autonomous trucking company founded by University of Toronto researcher Raquel Urtasun has raised US$750 million to accelerate the commercialization of its self-driving technology, as...

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