{"city":"Toronto","name":"Waabi","slug":"waabi","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"ownership_change","value":"controlled_by: Raquel Urtasun","source":"NVIDIA blogs"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Waabi and Uber deployment collaboration for Waabi Driver-powered robotaxis using NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor","source":"NVIDIA blogs"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Waabi deployment collaboration with Uber to expand into the robotaxi market using Waabi Driver on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor","source":"NVIDIA blogs"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Uber plans to scale its NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion fleet to 28 cities by 2028","source":"NVIDIA blogs"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Deployment collaboration with Uber to expand Waabi Driver into the robotaxi market, using NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor","source":"NVIDIA blogs"},{"date":"2026-01-28","type":"partnership","value":"Waabi and Uber agreed to deploy Waabi Driver-powered robotaxis exclusively on the Uber platform","source":"autonomousvehicleinternational.com"}],"peers":[{"name":"Waymo","rank":7,"slug":"waymo","score":"94"},{"name":"GAC Group","rank":34,"slug":"gac-group","score":"85"},{"name":"Gatik","rank":42,"slug":"gatik","score":"83.5"},{"name":"Tesla","rank":48,"slug":"tesla","score":"83"},{"name":"Nuro","rank":54,"slug":"nuro","score":"82"},{"name":"Tonly Heavy Industries","rank":61,"slug":"tonly-heavy-industries","score":"81"}],"stage":null,"state":"Ontario","aliases":["Waabi Innovation Inc.","Waabi Driver","Waabi World"],"country":"Canada","domains":[{"why":"Waabi builds autonomous-driving systems through Waabi Driver and is developing and deploying Level 4 autonomous trucks and robotaxis with partners including Uber, Volvo and Aurora.","list":"Robotics 100","rank":55,"tier":"member","layer":"Systems","total":82,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":4,"deployment":10,"production":2,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving"},{"why":"Waabi develops specialized AI technology for autonomous driving, embodied in its Waabi Driver system for robotaxis and autonomous trucks.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":61,"domain":"AI Core","scores":{"leverage":7,"position":6,"progress":7,"firepower":7,"commercial":3,"deployment":10,"production":5,"technology":3},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-05","header":"Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi began autonomous customer operations for Warp in Texas.","outlet":"PR Newswire, all releases"},{"date":"2026-09-28","header":"Waabi declares its autonomous trucks ready for deployment","outlet":"BetaKit"},{"date":"2026-09-25","header":"Waabi says its autonomous trucks are ready for deployment.","outlet":"BetaKit"},{"date":"2026-09-24","header":"Shield AI and Waabi executives discuss AI safety at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026","outlet":"TechCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-22","header":"TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to feature AI safety sessions with Anthropic, NVIDIA, AWS, and Waabi leaders","outlet":"TechCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Waabi expanded into robotaxis through a deployment collaboration with Uber using NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor.","outlet":"NVIDIA blogs"}],"website":"waabi.ai","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Specialized models","domain":"AI Core","parent":"AI · Models & applications"},{"name":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-28T10:01:22.758+00:00","facts_total":36,"positioning":"Waabi is the clearest AV2.0 bet in this batch. Its Physical AI Platform pairs a verifiable end-to-end AI model with an advanced neural simulator so a single model powers both autonomous trucks and robotaxis, the basis of its capital-efficiency argument. Raquel Urtasun founded it in 2021 after serving as chief scientist at Uber ATG, the unit Uber sold to Aurora in 2020, so the January 2026 Uber deal is a reunion. That deal is the defining event: a USD 750 million Series C co-led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners, plus roughly USD 250 million in milestone-based capital from Uber to deploy 25,000 or more Waabi Driver-powered robotaxis exclusively on the Uber platform, for total available capital of USD 1 billion and the largest tech fundraise in Canadian history. On trucks, Waabi partners with Volvo Autonomous Solutions, which builds the VNL Autonomous at its Virginia facility with Waabi sensors, compute and driver. The weakness is deployment: commercial pilots in Texas still carry safety drivers, the first closed-course driverless run came in October 2025, and the planned end-2025 driverless public-highway launch slipped by several quarters, attributed to validating the trucks rather than the driver.","sub_category":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","signals_total":19,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/waabi","title":"Waabi · robotics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Waabi builds autonomous-driving systems through Waabi Driver and is developing and deploying Level 4 autonomous trucks and robotaxis with partners including Uber, Volvo and Aurora. Robotics 100 rank 55 (score 82) 19 signals and 36 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}