Waabi News

Latest Waabi news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 6 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.

Waabi is a Toronto-headquartered self-driving company founded in 2021 by MIT AI researcher and Uber ATG alumna Raquel Urtasun. The company is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks, through its Waabi Driver — a single end-to-end AI model with...

• Waymo to Drop Uber Exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, Launching Its Own App in 2028 — Nov 4, 2026 — Waymo confirmed it will stop routing all rides through Uber's app in Austin and Atlanta starting January 2028, opting for direct customer relationship...
• Kodiak's Safety Score Hits 99%, Putting Driverless Trucks on I-45 by Year's End — Nov 1, 2026 — Kodiak AI says its Autonomy Readiness Measure, a score tracking how complete its driverless safety case is, reached 99% in October, putting an unsuper...
• Aurora Aims For 20 Driverless Trucks A Week As DaaS Pivot Takes Shape — Sep 26, 2026 — CEO Chris Urmson told a Morgan Stanley conference Aurora is spinning up 20 driverless-truck deliveries a week, cutting hardware costs in half and shif...
• Waabi Drives 300 Miles Dallas To San Antonio With No Prior Route Data — Sep 23, 2026 — Waabi's AI driver ran a fully autonomous 300-mile Dallas-to-San Antonio route with zero prior simulation or route-specific training, ahead of Volvo in...
• Uber Pledges $10B for AV Fleet as Q2 Growth Slows — Aug 7, 2026 — Uber's Q2 2026 earnings pinned the ride-hailing giant's autonomous future on more than $10 billion of equity stakes and fleet spending, targeting 120,...
• Waabi Driver Transfers Zero-Shot to Volvo VNL Autonomous Truck — Jul 6, 2026 — Waabi's Physical AI virtual driver, trained on a Peterbilt 579, drove Volvo's VNL Autonomous safely on highways and city streets on the first mile — w...