postgres Waymo is the autonomous driving company of Alphabet (Google's parent). It began in 2009 as Google's self-driving car project and became a separate Alphabet subsidiary in December 2016; it operates the Waymo One robotaxi service and is the largest robotaxi operator in the United States. /en/organizations/waymo.html organization_waymo organization waymo Waymo LLC Waymo One

Waymo is the autonomous driving company of Alphabet (Google's parent). It began in 2009 as Google's self-driving car project and became a separate Alphabet subsidiary in December 2016; it operates the Waymo One robotaxi service and is the largest robotaxi operator in the United States.

published category-road-transport tag-robotaxi tag-autonomous-driving s1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo History、Services；English Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-31 s2 中证网 2026-02-06 https://www.cs.com.cn/cj2020/202602/t20260206_6537088.html s3 Waymo https://waymo.com/ 当前覆盖城市 2026-11-01T00:16:34+08:00 2026-11-01T00:16:34+08:00 user:admin 4 ## Overview Waymo is the autonomous driving company of Alphabet, Google's parent. It began in 2009 as Google's self-driving car project, was spun off as an independent subsidiary in December 2016, and operates the Waymo One robotaxi service together with the Waymo Via autonomous freight business. ## History Google started the project in 2009 and made it the independent company Waymo in December 2016. In December 2018 Waymo launched Waymo One, its first commercial paid robotaxi service, in Phoenix, Arizona; in 2020 it opened commercial service without a safety driver in parts of Phoenix. Service later expanded to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin and Atlanta, with some cities served in partnership with Uber through the Uber app. In February 2026 Waymo announced fully driverless operation in Nashville, Tennessee. ## Scale and funding According to a China Securities research report, in April 2025 Waymo provided paid service in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, Atlanta and parts of Silicon Valley with more than 250,000 weekly trips; for 2025 cumulative rides exceeded 14 million and weekly trips exceeded 450,000. In February 2026 Waymo announced it had raised US$16 billion at a valuation of US$126 billion, and planned to serve at least 15 US cities by the end of 2026. ## Related entries [[organization_uber|Uber]], [[place_san_francisco|San Francisco]], [[organization_luobo_kuaipao|Apollo Go]], [[organization_pony_ai|Pony AI]], [[organization_weride|WeRide]], [[concept_robotaxi|Robotaxi]] /organizations/waymo.html en zh en robotaxi_operator 2016 12 month 2016年12月 active 美国加利福尼亚州山景城 tag-robotaxi robotaxi Robotaxi Platforms and companies offering paid autonomous ride-hailing. 13 tag-autonomous-driving autonomous-driving Autonomous driving Autonomous driving technology and related companies, platforms and people. 37 relation_robotaxi_exemplified_by_4 concept_robotaxi exemplified_by organization_waymo concept_robotaxi s1 Exemplifies concepts concept_robotaxi Robotaxi /en/concepts/robotaxi.html true concept_robotaxi Robotaxi /en/concepts/robotaxi.html concept organization_didi_autonomous_driving DiDi Autonomous Driving /en/organizations/didi-autonomous-driving.html organization organization_luobo_kuaipao Apollo Go /en/organizations/luobo-kuaipao.html organization organization_pony_ai Pony AI /en/organizations/pony-ai.html organization organization_tesla Tesla /en/organizations/tesla.html organization organization_weride WeRide /en/organizations/weride.html organization organization_zoox Zoox /en/organizations/zoox.html organization place_san_francisco San Francisco /en/places/san-francisco.html place 4 2026-11-01T00:16:34+08:00 当前版本 true /en/organizations/waymo/at/4.html en zh en org_kind Organization kind Robotaxi operator founded Founded 2016年12月 org_status Status Active headquarters_note Headquarters 美国加利福尼亚州山景城 1 exemplified_by true Exemplifies concepts 1 8