The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Waymo: 3 models, 49 deployments across 17 regions, $27.1B raised, 1196 active incidents. 11 sources back the record.
Waymo holds 3 Regulatory filing and has 5 NHTSA recalls and 1 NHTSA investigation on record, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Overview
Waymo is Alphabet's autonomous driving subsidiary. It operates the Waymo One robotaxi service in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and Miami, and runs Waymo Via for autonomous trucking. Spun out of Google's self-driving car project as a standalone Alphabet subsidiary in December 2016.
Reality check
Safety claim (Waymo)
90% fewer serious-injury crashes vs. humans (company-stated)
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 49 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1196 incidents on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries D post-money
Key facts
Weekly rides
Ride volume
Autonomous miles
Operating markets
Vehicle
Recent recalls
Active investigations
wikidata
wikipedia
Hero image candidate
Miami depot 1
Miami depot 2
Austin depot
Mesa manufacturing hub
IIHS safety rating
Fleet size (July 2026)
Valuation (Feb 2026)
Uber partnership status
Austin/Atlanta dispute
Data & sources
Patent documents
9
Web sources
2
11 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Ojai
Purpose-built robotaxi featuring the 6th-generation Waymo Driver with 13 cameras, 6 radars, 4 LiDARs, and sensor heaters/wipers/sprayers for all-weather operation. Rider-first design with flat floor, three LED screens, embedded braille, screen-reader compatibility, and Gemini-powered voice interface. Manufactured at Waymo factory in Mesa, Arizona. Scaling to tens of thousands of units per year.
Retired
Waymo Via (autonomous trucking)
Waymo's autonomous-trucking program (Waymo Via), which applied the Waymo Driver to Class 8 trucks and ran supervised freight pilots with UPS, J.B. Hunt, and Wayfair (and a Daimler Truck partnership). Waymo suspended the Via trucking program in July 2023 to focus on robotaxi, and it was never revived. The Waymo Driver continues only in Waymo's robotaxi application.
Current platform
Waymo Driver (6th gen)
The sixth-generation Waymo Driver is Waymo's autonomous driving stack for fully autonomous robotaxi service. The platform integrates 13 cameras, 4 lidars, 6 radars, and external audio receivers, with overlapping 360° coverage and a detection range up to roughly 500 meters in nominal conditions. Compared to the fifth-generation system on the Jaguar I-PACE, the sixth-gen system uses 42% fewer total sensors. Waymo says the per-unit hardware cost is targeted under $20,000 — a more than 50% reduction from the 5th-gen system. Currently runs on the Zeekr RT (sold as the “Ojai” robotaxi, purpose-built without a steering wheel or pedals) and the Hyundai IONIQ 5; began fully autonomous commercial operations in February 2026.
Partnerships
Every company Waymo has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hyundai Motor Group2× joint6 total
- 2Allegiant Stadium1× joint
- 3Avis Budget Group1× joint
- 4Daimler Truck Holding AG1× joint3 total
- 5Element Fleet1× joint
- 6Element Fleet Management1× joint
Most recent
- with Las Vegas Raidersjust announced
- Waymo x Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxi fleet2026-07-08with Hyundai Motor Groupoperating
- Waymo x Element Fleet Management2026-06-15with Element Fleet Managementoperating
- Waymo x Element Fleet2026-06-15with Element Fleetjust announced
- with Avis Budget Groupoperating
Waymo on the deployment map
View the global map49 verified deployments across 17 regions, newest verified Aug 2026. Explore where Waymo's robots are operating, by place and type.
- NewoperationalOjai at San Francisco, California, USA →West Coast · verified Aug 2026
- NewoperationalOjai at Phoenix, Arizona, USA →Southwest · verified Aug 2026
- NewoperationalOjai at Los Angeles, California, USA →West Coast · verified Aug 2026
- NewannouncedOjai at Sacramento, California, USA →West Coast · verified Aug 2026
- NewannouncedOjai at San Diego, CA →West Coast · verified Aug 2026
- NewannouncedWaymo Driver (6th gen) at Portland, Oregon, USA →West Coast · verified Aug 2026
- announcedOjai at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA →West Coast · verified Jul 2026
- announcedWaymo Driver (6th gen) at Denver →Colorado · verified Jul 2026
- operationalWaymo Driver (6th gen) at U.S. National Fleet →United States · verified Jul 2026
- pilotWaymo Driver (6th gen) at Tampa, FL →Florida · verified Jul 2026
- pilotWaymo Driver (6th gen) at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA →West Coast · verified Jul 2026
- pilotWaymo Driver (6th gen) at San Diego, CA →West Coast · verified Jul 2026
View the full Waymo deployment record →
Compare & explore
Deep analysis from DEPLOY
Comparison report
Waymo vs Tesla Robotaxi
Public robotaxi vs commercial FSD: who has the verified deployment track record?
Comparison report
Waymo vs Cruise
The two robotaxi pioneers compared after GM's retreat from the market
Marquee deployment
Waymo San Francisco
DEPLOY's full-depth analysis of the world's first large-scale commercial robotaxi operation
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by Waymo, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-23
“Waymo is exploring options to exit its Uber partnership, with internal talks about ending deals in Austin and Atlanta. Waymo notified Uber it plans to enter these markets independently in January 2028 when their contract allows. Waymo has not ruled out a complete split.”
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-23
“Waymo operates more than 3,800 vehicles across ten cities. In February 2026, raised $16bn at a $126bn valuation to fund expansion.”
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“IIHS released a 25-page autonomous vehicle study finding that Waymo L4 vehicles in driverless operation had police-reportable crash involvement rates 68% lower than human drivers in the same areas. Waymo's rate of rear-ending another vehicle was 91% lower. Waymo's rate of being rear-ended was 40% lower. 22% of L4 crash involvements were deemed police-reportable; two-thirds occurred in driverless operation. L4 vehicles were unlikely to be the striking vehicle. Data from federally required reports, state police databases, FHA VMT data, and Waymo.”
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-02-11 · deadline 2026-12-31
“Waymo's goal is to reach 1M trips per week by end of 2026”
Waymo did 15 million driverless rides in 2025 (~288K/week average). Reaching 1M/week would require ~3.5x growth. Ojai launch and highway expansion may help, but 1M/week by year-end is ambitious. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOOb0kkjMX9/?hl=en
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- Partly trueTimeline · claimed 2026-02-11 · deadline 2026-12-31
“By the end of 2026, we'll be able to have a much bigger footprint”
Waymo is expanding to Austin, Atlanta, and other cities in 2026. "Much bigger footprint" is vague but expansion is verified. https://waymo.com/about/
- OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-02-11 · deadline 2026-12-31
“Waymo plans to launch highways for the public by end of this year”
Highway capability has been tested but public highway rides have not been confirmed as of July 2026. https://waymo.com/about/
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-01-01
“The world's first fully autonomous ride-hailing service”
Waymo operates fully driverless (Level 4) ride-hailing in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin with paying passengers. This claim is verified and uncontested. Multiple independent journalist confirmations.
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-01-01 · deadline 2026-12-31
“Plans to grow its total fleet to over 3,000 vehicles by end of 2026”
Mesa AZ factory opened (239K sqft). Fleet expansion underway with Jaguar I-Pace and new Ojai vehicle. 3,000 vehicle target is plausible given factory capacity but not yet confirmed.
Disagree with a status? Waymo can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Waymo, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is Tesla's Cybercab and how is it different from Waymo's robotaxi?
How much does a Waymo ride cost?
Is a robotaxi cheaper than Uber? Tesla Robotaxi vs Waymo vs Uber pricing
Is Waymo cheaper than Uber?
How many fatal crashes has Waymo had?
Is Waymo actually driverless?
Show 19 more explainersShow fewer
Where does Waymo operate?
What happens if a Waymo gets in an accident?
Is Tesla Robotaxi available?
Can a cop pull over a Waymo?
Who is at fault if a driverless car crashes?
How does Tesla Robotaxi compare to Waymo?
What's the difference between Tesla Robotaxi and Tesla Optimus?
What is Zoox and how does it compare to other robotaxi operators?
What is Aurora and how does its autonomous trucking work?
What are the main Chinese robotaxi companies (Baidu Apollo Go, Pony AI, WeRide) and how do they compare to US operators?
Why are frontier AI labs (OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta) entering robotics in 2025-2026?
Which is safer, Waymo or Tesla Robotaxi?
Are robotaxis safe?
How safe is Tesla Robotaxi?
What is Tesla's fatality rate, and which Tesla product are you asking about?
What does Waymo's 2025-2026 safety report show, and is Waymo safer than human drivers?
Can you buy a Tesla Robotaxi?
What is physical AI?
When can you buy a Tesla Cybercab?
Current leadership (6)
- Tekedra Mawakana Co-CEOIR-verified
- Dmitri Dolgov Co-CEO (technology)IR-verified
- Steve Fieler Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
- Mauricio Pena Chief Safety OfficerIR-verified
- Saswat Panigrahi Chief Product OfficerIR-verified
- Vincent Vanhoucke Distinguished Engineersince 2024-01-01secondary-verified
ArrivalsAndreas Wendel from Kodiak AI, Chris Urmson from Aurora Innovation, Dave Ferguson from Nuro, Jiajun Zhu from Nuro
DeparturesAndreas Wendel to Kodiak AI, Chris Urmson to Aurora Innovation, Dave Ferguson to Nuro, Jiajun Zhu to Nuro
Founders (1)
- Sebastian Thruncofounderno longer at company
previously at Stanford University
later founded Dulo
Former / Previously (12)
- Andreas Wendel Perception tech leadsecondary-verified
- Daniel Chu Chief Product Officersecondary-verified
- Jaime Waydo Systems engineersecondary-verified
- Jiajun Zhu Principal software engineer (Google self-driving)secondary-verified
- Dave Ferguson Principal ML engineer (Google self-driving)secondary-verified
- Chris Urmson CTO (Google self-driving project)secondary-verified
- Yao Maoqing Researcher (former)secondary-verified
- Gao Jiyang AI Software Engineersecondary-verified
- Jaime Fernández Fisac Research Scientistsecondary-verified
- Boris Sofman Engineering Leader2018 to 2025reported, not verified
- Kevin Peterson Engineering Leader2018 to 2025reported, not verified
- Sebastian Thrun Founding CEO / Project Lead2009 to 2013SEC-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
36 recalls and 1160 incidents on record (3 catastrophic, 29 serious, 57 moderate, 1104 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026.
- collision
- 1130
- recall
- 36
- regulatory action
- 14
- malfunction
- 5
- traffic disruption
- 5
- other
- 2
- fatality
- 2
- property damage
- 1
- injury
- 1
Most recent: Jul 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Waymo (1196)
- Santa Monica judge issues preliminary injunction banning overnight operations at two Waymo Broadway recharging stations2026-07-28 · Regulatory action
- Waymo racks up 83 parking citations totaling $9,325 in Austin since 2024 launch2026-07-28 · Regulatory action
- Waymo robotaxi struck by SUV that lost control on Las Vegas Valley road2026-07-19 · Collision
- Waymo robotaxi struck by out-of-control SUV on Polaris Avenue, Las Vegas2026-07-19 · Collision
- NHTSA issues directive to AV developers citing clear pattern of driverless AVs interfering with first responders2026-07-09 · Regulatory action
- NHTSA demands AV developers stop driverless vehicles from interfering with first responders2026-07-08 · Regulatory action
Showing the first 100 of 1196. View all 1196 incidents →
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Corridors where Waymo operates (6)
- AtlantaAtlanta, GA
- AustinAustin, TX
- LA: West SideLos Angeles, CA
- MiamiMiami, FL
- PhoenixPhoenix, AZ
- SF CoreSan Francisco, CA
Robot-delivery corridors on DEPLOY Ground where Waymo runs a documented fleet.
Operator customers (2)
Brains developed (1)
- Waymo Driverfoundation-model · commercial
Recent coverage
Waymo in third-party press
Peers
94 peers across 2 segments. Every Waymo competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Avridedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Baidudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bot Autodirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Caterpillardirect competitor(inferred)strong
Supplied by (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia Waymo Via (autonomous trucking)NVIDIA DRIVE platform -- AI compute for Waymo Via autonomous freightsupplies
- NVIDIAvia Waymo Driver (6th gen)NVIDIA DRIVE platform -- AI compute for 6th-gen Waymo Driver perception and planningsupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $27.1B
- Employees
- 2,500
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
16 total · 9 operating · 6 just announced
Every company Waymo has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Las Vegas Raidersjust announced
- Waymo x Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxi fleet2026-07-08with Hyundai Motor Groupoperating
- Waymo x Element Fleet Management2026-06-15with Element Fleet Managementoperating
- Waymo x Element Fleet2026-06-15with Element Fleetjust announced
- with Avis Budget Groupoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hyundai Motor Group2× joint6 total
- 2Allegiant Stadium1× joint
- 3Avis Budget Group1× joint
- 4Daimler Truck Holding AG1× joint3 total
- 5Element Fleet1× joint
- 6Element Fleet Management1× joint
All 16 partnerships
open in the atlas →- deployment—just announced
- technology—just announced
- technology—just announced
- deployment—operating
- manufacturing2026-07-08operating
- Waymo x Element Fleet ManagementwithElement Fleet Managementdeployment2026-06-15operating
Funding rounds (4)
Waymo’s 4 disclosed rounds, $27.1B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series D2026-02-02
$16.0B · $126.0B post
Investors: Dragoneer Investment Group (lead), DST Global (lead), Sequoia Capital (lead), Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Mubadala Investment Company, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, CapitalG, GV (Google Ventures), Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity
- Series C2024-10-25
$5.6B · $45.0B post
Investors: Alphabet (lead), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Silver Lake, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Tiger Global Management
- External Investment Round 22021-06-16
$2.5B(reported) · $12.5B post
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Warburg Pincus, Silver Lake, Fidelity, Temasek, Perry Creek Capital, T. Rowe Price
- External Investment Round 12020-03-02
$3.0B(reported) · $15.0B post
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Silver Lake, Mubadala Investment Company, Magna International, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, AutoNation (strategic)
Regulatory filings (9)
- CA DMV Driverless Deployment Permitother · otheractive
- CPUC Phase I Driverless Deployment AL No.1other · otheractive
- 26E-026nhtsa recall · us_nhtsarecalled2026-05-06reported
Linked models: Waymo Driver (6th gen)
- 26E026nhtsa recall · us_nhtsarecalled2026-05-01
- 25E-034nhtsa recall · us_nhtsarecalled2025-05-12
Linked models: Waymo Driver (6th gen)
- 25E-034nhtsa recall · us_nhtsarecalled2025-01-01
Linked models: Ojai
Patent estate (9)
- US12195013usptograntedassignee
- US11835951usptograntedassignee
- US9563199usptograntedassignee
- US9754490usptograntedassignee
- US9368026B1usptograntedgranted 2016-06-28assignee
- US8954252B1usptograntedgranted 2015-02-10assignee
Patent litigations (1)
- 3:17-cv-00939-WHAdistrict_courtsettled · settled undisclosedas complainant2018-02-09
Timeline
Every recorded move in Waymo’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
DepartureJiajun Zhu departs
2026-08-23Jiajun Zhu left to join Nuro
ArrivalJiajun Zhu joins
2026-08-23Jiajun Zhu joined from Nuro
DepartureDave Ferguson departs
2026-08-23Dave Ferguson left to join Nuro
ArrivalDave Ferguson joins
2026-08-23Dave Ferguson joined from Nuro
DepartureChris Urmson departs
2026-08-23Chris Urmson left to join Aurora Innovation
ArrivalChris Urmson joins
2026-08-23Chris Urmson joined from Aurora Innovation
DepartureAndreas Wendel departs
2026-08-23Andreas Wendel left to join Kodiak AI
ArrivalAndreas Wendel joins
2026-08-23Andreas Wendel joined from Kodiak AI
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 19, 2026
Ojai at Los Angeles, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 19, 2026
Ojai at San Francisco, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 19, 2026
Ojai at Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 14, 2026
Ojai at Sacramento, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 14, 2026
Ojai at San Diego, CA
Sources (2)
- Waymo: Company website · https://waymo.com
- Wikipedia: Waymo (history, operations, ownership) · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, DUEResearch & R&D
Mountain View, CA, USA
- Ride-Hail Market Operations LeadOperations
San Francisco, CA USA
- Fleet Readiness Manager - San FranciscoOperations
San Francisco, CA, USA
- Lead Systems Engineer, New Product InitiativesEngineering
Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA USA
- Strategic Partnerships Development Manager - International Charging as a ServiceBusiness
New York City, New York, USA; Washington, D.C., USA
- Strategic Partnerships Development Manager - New Market Entry - InternationalBusiness
New York City, New York, USA; Washington D.C., USA
+4 more open roles tracked
Common questions
What is Waymo?
What does Waymo make?
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Waymo.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Waymo from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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阿里巴巴:2027财年第一季度营收2,689.5亿元,同比增长9%;网易Q2净收入301亿元,营业利润121亿元;台积电1.6nm级A16工艺完成开发验证,目标Q4量产;奇瑞汽车:上半年实现收入1432.80亿元,同比增长1.2%;谷歌旗下Waymo为其无人出租车自研定制芯片;三星晶圆代工技术蓝图调整,1.4纳米延后至2029年量产;《2026年人形机器人产…
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5 nm ML accelerators promise 1,000+ TOPS, ultra-low latency
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/waymo.md
- RSS feed: /companies/waymo/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2128addc-20c8-4c31-aef5-be5ada97aede
- Revision history: /companies/waymo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Waymo began as the Google self-driving car project in 2009. Today, we have the world’s only fleet equipped with fully autonomous-driving cars on public roads. S
The University of California, Berkeley is world-famous for its AI developments, and one big name behind them is Ken Goldberg. Longtime professor and lifelong ar
In our second episode of AI in Motion, our host, Waymo AI researcher Vincent Vanhoucke, talks with a robotics startup founder Sergey Levine, who left a career i
San Francisco’s Fourth of July celebration along the city’s waterfront quickly turned into hours of gridlock, dangerous fireworks incidents and a surge in emerg
An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with the AI-driven fleet’s custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar. Soon, tens
A passenger in a San Francisco Waymo vehicle was recording as the vehicle failed to detect a lit firework and drove over top of it. The incident comes as the ro
Autonomous driving is one of the most complex engineering challenges of our time. Waymo has uniquely turned this into a reality by leveraging years of cutting-e
Smoother roads ahead! 🚗 We’re teaming up with @waze to help cities fix potholes faster. Now rolling out in the SF Bay Area, LA, Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta —
Waymo has named its next-generation autonomous vehicle the Ojai, a purpose-built electric van developed with Chinese automaker Zeekr and unveiled at CES 2026. T
Alphabet's Waymo is adding newly designed vehicles to its fleet of robotaxis. The new Ojai minivans are roomier, have a removable steering wheel and cost less t
New video is raising fresh questions about the ability of driverless cars to navigate complicated scenes. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports. For more context and ne
Waymo, the robot taxi company, cut off service to the downtown Los Angeles area after people protesting President Trump's immigration policies set multiple self
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The Uber-Waymo robotaxi pilot program in Phoenix, Arizona, has ended. CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos has the details.
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Reality vs attention
Waymo draws attention at the 97th percentile but verifies reality at the 99th percentile among AVs. Hype Gap -1.9, 22nd widest among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong deployment footprint with 30 operational sites across 34 countries. Well-capitalized with $27.1B raised and recent funding activity. 157 incidents recorded in the past 90 days.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 24, 2026