Waabi

Current leadership (1)

• Raquel Urtasun Founder & CEOsecondary-verified

Founders (1)

• Raquel Urtasuncofounderfounded 2021-04-01

Safety record

No incidents on record for Waabi.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Operated deployments (1)

• Waabi Driver Autonomous TruckTexas

Operator customers (1)

• Waabi1 deployment

Brains developed (1)

• Waabi Driverfoundation-model · pilot

Peer companies

• Tesla4 models
• Aurora Innovation3 models
• Waymo3 models
• Caterpillar2 models
• Embark Trucks2 models
• Gatik2 models

Financial state

Reporting basis

aggregator_estimate

Lifecycle stage

growth

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Partnerships (2)

• Waabi x Volvo Autonomous Solutions with Volvo Autonomous Solutionsdevelopment
• Waabi Series B (2024) with NVIDIA, Uber, Khosla Ventures, Porsche, Volvo Group Venture Capitalinvestment

Funding rounds (3)

• Series C2026-01-28

  $750M

  Investors: Khosla Ventures (co_lead), G2 Venture Partners (co_lead), NVentures (NVIDIA) (strategic), Volvo Group Venture Capital (strategic), Porsche Ventures (strategic)

• Series B2024-06-18

  $200M

  Investors: Uber (strategic) (lead), Khosla Ventures (lead), NVentures (NVIDIA) (strategic)

• Series A2021-06-08

  $84M

  Investors: Khosla Ventures (lead)

Sources (12)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/08/ai-pioneer-raquel-urtasun-launches-self-driving-vehicle-startup-with-backing-from-khosla-uber-and-aurora/ ↗
2. https://betakit.com/raquel-urtasun-launches-new-self-driving-startup-waabi-with-100-million-cad-from-top-investors/ ↗
3. https://www.utoronto.ca/news/road-ahead-raquel-urtasun-s-startup-unleash-full-power-ai-self-driving-cars ↗
4. https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/14/waabis-raquel-urtasun-explains-why-the-time-was-right-to-launch-an-av-technology-startup/ ↗
5. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/18/uber-khosla-nvidia-invest-in-autonomous-trucking-startup-waabi.html ↗
6. https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-series-b-announcement ↗
7. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/waabi-raises-1b-and-expands-into-robotaxis-with-uber/ ↗
8. https://fortune.com/2026/01/28/waabi-fundraise-valuation-1-billion-partners-with-uber-robotaxis-self-driving/ ↗
9. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-waabi-uber-robotaxi-fleet-uber-raquel-urtasun/ ↗
10. https://betakit.com/waabi-lands-750-million-usd-series-c-partners-with-uber-on-robotaxis/ ↗
11. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/uber-freight-ceo-lior-ron-joins-self-driving-startup-waabi-as-chief-operating-officer/ ↗
12. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/self-driving-trucking-startup-waabi-raises-1-billion-expands-to-robotaxis ↗

Common questions

What is Waabi?

Canadian autonomous-trucking company (founded 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, former Uber ATG chief scientist and University of Toronto professor). Builds the Waabi Driver, an end-to-end generative-AI L4 system trained and validated in the Waabi World generative simulator. Targets driverless commercial trucking on the Volvo VNL Autonomous platform; as of early 2026 it still runs with a safety driver (the end-2025 driver-out target was deliberately not met, gated on the purpose-built Volvo truck). In January 2026 it raised about $1B and added a robotaxi lane with Uber.

Where is Waabi based?

Waabi is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

When was Waabi founded?

Waabi was founded in 2021.

What does Waabi make?

Waabi has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck (Waabi builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).

Where does Waabi operate robots?

Waabi operates 1 verified deployment, including at Texas.

Is Waabi safe?

Waabi has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.