Waymo is an American autonomous driving technology company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California. The company develops and operates self-driving vehicles and ride-hailing services, with a presence in over 15 U.S. states and operations in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, Atlanta, and Miami.
The company's core technology platform, Waymo Driver, integrates Lidar, cameras, radar, and AI to enable vehicles to navigate public roads without human intervention. The system has logged over 100 million miles on public roads and billions more in simulation environments. Waymo One, the company's commercial ride-hailing service, is the world's first fully autonomous service of its kind, operating 24/7 and having served over 20 million rides with a 93% customer satisfaction rate. The service uses an all-electric fleet of Jaguar I-PACE vehicles.
Key technical domains include autonomous driving, computer vision, Lidar, radar, AI, and simulation. The company reports that its technology has demonstrated a 92% reduction in crashes causing serious or fatal injuries compared to human drivers. Waymo is expanding its geographic footprint, with planned operations in London and Tokyo.
