Wayve

London-based self-driving startup Wayve raised a $1.2B Series D at an $8.6B post-money valuation, with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Nissan among investors

Impressions from a London test ride in a car using Wayve's self-driving tech; Wayve has raised $1.3B since its launch and is testing cars with Level 2+ autonomy

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Sources: London-based self-driving tech startup Wayve is in early stage talks with Microsoft and SoftBank to raise between $1B and $2B, valuing Wayve at ~$8B

London-based group seeks valuation of $8bn as global investors snap up deals with fast-growing AI start-ups

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced discussions to invest $500M in UK self-driving car startup Wayve, as part of a £2B pledge for UK startups; Wayve is evaluating

AI chipmaker's chief tells London audience that UK's first trillion-dollar company will be an AI business

UK-based Wayve, which develops AI software for vehicles, starts testing its driver-assistance system in San Francisco and opens a new office in California

what started as a vision to build a scalable solution to autonomy is now proving itself on two continents. Can't wait to be picked up at SFO! Seth Winterroth / @sethwinterroth : Spotted @wayve_ai in P...

UK-based Wayve, which is developing a self-learning system for autonomous driving, raised a $1.05B Series C led by SoftBank, the UK's largest AI fundraise ever

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Wayve unveils Lingo-1, a self-driving car system that the company claims can explain its actions with ~60% accuracy compared to human answers; availability TBD

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Self-driving startups Wayve, Waabi, and Autobrains are using cheaper tech and end-to-end AI learning in a bet to overtake market leaders like Cruise and Waymo

How self-driving startups Wayve, Waabi, and Autobrains are using end-to-end AI learning, hoping to leapfrog market leaders like Cruise and Waymo

The mainstream approach to driverless cars is slow and difficult.  These startups think going all-in on AI will get there faster. Tweets: @mat Tweets: Mat Honan / @mat : This is pretty fascinating: “T...

Autonomous driving startup Wayve, which relies on machine learning to teach a car how to drive instead of hardware like lidar sensors, raises a $200M Series B

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