Waymo
Company waymo.com ● Covered in 16 stories + Follow ✴ AI Graph
Waymo is an autonomous-vehicle company whose robotaxi service has been covered for safety, hardware, and regulatory activity. Recent reporting includes an incident in which Waymo vehicles pulled over and called police after detecting riders with a loaded “ghost gun,” and Waymo’s disclosures about the compute “brain” powering its robotaxis. Waymo has also been involved in public debate over self-driving approaches, expanded lobbying to push regulators toward fully autonomous robotaxi approvals, and reported large autonomous mileage figures while facing operational and cybersecurity disruptions tied to a coordinated denial-of-service attack.
Updated 15 September 2026
Signals
8 stories (+167%)
Media momentum
As of 17 Sep 2026 · Visible stories in the last 30 days, compared with the 30 days before.
9 sources
Source diversity
As of 17 Sep 2026 · Distinct publications behind this entity's visible coverage.
1 event
Release activity
As of 17 Sep 2026 · Model, product and open-source release events in the last 90 days whose coverage involves this entity.
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Funding signals
As of 17 Sep 2026 · Funding and acquisition events in the last 90 days whose coverage involves this entity.
Feb 2026 → Sep 2026
Coverage span
As of 17 Sep 2026 · First to most recent month of TLDRocket coverage of this entity.
Management
updated 2 Sep 2026- Tekedra N. Mawakana Co-CEO
- Dmitri Dolgov Co-CEO
- Steve Fieler CFO
- Mauricio Peña Chief Safety Officer
- Saswat Panigrahi Chief Product Officer
- Becky Bucich Chief People Officer
- Amar K. Mehta Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Recent changes
- Suzanne Philion left (was VP, Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs)
- Amar K. Mehta Chief Legal Officer → Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Latest developments
Pony.ai’s CEO thinks robotaxis will be widespread within five years: ‘The technology problem is pretty much already solved’
Fortune ·
27
14 Reasons Robotics is Hard
Second Thoughts · 1 week ago ·
8
Uber beats Waymo as first to launch robotaxis in London
The Verge · 2 weeks ago ·
23
In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says ‘cameras… aren’t enough’
The Verge · 3 weeks ago ·
26
Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber
Ars Technica · 3 weeks ago ·
9
Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis
The Verge · 4 weeks ago ·
13
Q3 2026
- Your robotaxi might be a narc
- Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun
- Pony.ai’s CEO thinks robotaxis will be widespread within five years: ‘The technology problem is pretty much already solved’
- 14 Reasons Robotics is Hard
- Uber beats Waymo as first to launch robotaxis in London
- In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says ‘cameras… aren’t enough’
- Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber
- Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis
- Waymo vs Tesla: Two Ways to Build Self-Driving Cars
- A San Francisco 'tech prankster' got 50 Waymos ordered onto the same street, exposing robotaxis' cyber/airbag problem
- NXP reportedly in talks to acquire vehicle chip supplier Ambarella
- Uber and Waymo Are Sparring. The Robotaxi Future Has Arrived
- Podcast: We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’
Q2 2026
Sequoia Capital hosted the fourth annual AI Ascent 2026 conference in San Francisco focused on agents and enterprise AI deployment Conference announcement
Q1 2026
Multiple AI Model Releases and Funding Announcements Covered in Last Week in AI Other
Relationships
Competition
- Competes with Uber · 2 sources
- Competes with Tesla · 2 sources
- Tesla competes with this company · 1 source
- Uber competes with this company · 1 source
Products & technology
- Deploys San Francisco · 1 source
- Deploys United States · 1 source
- Develops humanoid robots · 1 source
- Integrated with 10 AI Lessons from Driving 200+ Million […] · 1 source
- Deploys US regulators · 1 source
People
- Employed by Srikanth Thirumalai · 1 source
Investment & ownership
- Sequoia Capital invests in this company · 1 source
- Dragoneer invests in this company · 1 source