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Self-driving truck startupWaabi’s billion-dollar fundraiseisn’tjust about trucks.
The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on theautonomous vehicleroulette table. With more than 20 AV partners worldwide, the question isn’t just whetherWaabicandeliver onits plans to deploy over 25,000 robotaxis, but whether Uber’s bet-on-everything strategy actually works.
Watch asEquitypodcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane and Anthony Ha discussed Uber’s AV partnership strategy, whyWaabi’s“simulation-first” approach might be different, and more of the week’s headlines.
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