Overview
UK embodied-AI / autonomous-driving company (London; founded 2017) building the AI Driver end-to-end driving Foundation model + GAIA generative world models; OEM-agnostic licensed brain (SoftBank/Nvidia-backed).
Reality check
Mercedes-Benz deal (company-claimed)
Sep 2026: A definitive production agreement to put the AI Driver in select future Mercedes lines, with urban and highway assistance due within two years.
Uber London launch (company-claimed)
On Sep 3 2026 Uber and Wayve launched the UK's first autonomous ride-hailing in London, with a TfL-licensed safety driver onboard.
Uber London service (company-claimed)
Sep 2026: UberX, Electric and Comfort riders may match a Wayve Ford Mustang Mach-E at no extra fare across London except airports; small initial fleet.
Uber expansion plan (company-claimed)
Uber and Wayve plan Wayve-powered vehicles in up to 12 markets.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries D post-money
Key facts
Models
Licensing model
Nissan
Series D valuation (Feb 2026)
Mercedes-Benz scope (reported, Sep 2026)
Data & sources
Press releases
2
News coverage
2
Research
1
Web sources
4
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Partnerships
Every company Wayve has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Uber3× joint35 total
- 2Eclipse Ventures1× joint2 total
- 3Mercedes-Benz Group AG1× joint3 total
- 4Microsoft1× joint8 total
- 5Nissan1× joint
- 6Nissan Motor1× joint1 total
Most recent
- with Mercedes-Benz Group AGjust announced
- Uber x Wayve autonomous driving London2026-08-21with Uberjust announced
- Stellantis x Wayve x Uber2026-06-18with Stellantisjust announced
- Wayve x Uber x Nissan (Tokyo Robotaxi)2026-03-12with Uberjust announced
- Tangram Vision x Wayve2026-02-26with Tangram Visionoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (13)
- Dennis Jackson Engineering Directorsecondary-verified
- Alex Kendall Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Erez Dagan PresidentIR-verified
- Max Warburton Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
- Jamie Shotton Chief ScientistIR-verified
- Vijay Badrinarayanan VP of AIIR-verified
- Silvius Rus Senior VP of EngineeringIR-verified
- Rob Flenniken VP of Vehicle Softwaresecondary-verified
- Emma Baillie Chief People OfficerIR-verified
- Dan McCloskey VP of HardwareIR-verified
- Kaity Fischer VP of Commercial and OperationsIR-verified
- Simone Fabris VP of Product and DeliveryIR-verified
Founders (2)
- Alex Kendallcofounderfounded 2017-08-21
- Amar Shahcofounderfounded 2017-08-21no longer at company
Board (2)
- Kentaro Matsui director
- Seth Winterroth director
Former / Previously (1)
- Amar Shah Co-founder & initial CEO (2017-2020)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Wayve.
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 →
Brains developed (1)
- Wayve AI Driver (and GAIA)foundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Wayve in third-party press
Wayve, NVIDIA and Stellantis Join Forces to Advance Autonomous Driving in France
Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Tesla, Mobileye, Aeva, Ouster, Pony.ai, NVIDIA, Stellantis, Bolt, Wayve, Volkswagen, Einride, Valeo, Aptiv & TIER IV
France Sets 2027 Autonomous Vehicle Approval Path as Stellantis, Wayve, Bolt and G7 Pitch Pilots
Mentioned on (20)
Registry pages whose text names Wayve.
Companies (3)
AI systems (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $2.3B
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Partnerships
8 total · 4 operating · 4 just announced
Every company Wayve has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Mercedes-Benz Group AGjust announced
- Uber x Wayve autonomous driving London2026-08-21with Uberjust announced
- Stellantis x Wayve x Uber2026-06-18with Stellantisjust announced
- Wayve x Uber x Nissan (Tokyo Robotaxi)2026-03-12with Uberjust announced
- Tangram Vision x Wayve2026-02-26with Tangram Visionoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Uber3× joint35 total
- 2Eclipse Ventures1× joint2 total
- 3Mercedes-Benz Group AG1× joint3 total
- 4Microsoft1× joint8 total
- 5Nissan1× joint
- 6Nissan Motor1× joint1 total
All 8 partnerships
open in the atlas →- development2026-08-21just announced
- technology2026-02-26operating
- investment2024-05-07operating
- Wayve x UberwithUber35technology2024-01-01operating
- development2024-01-01operating
- development2026-09-22announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (4)
Wayve’s 4 disclosed rounds, $2.5B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series D extension2026-04-15
$60M(reported)
Investors: Arm (strategic), AMD (strategic), Qualcomm Ventures (strategic)
- Series D2026-02-25
$1.2B(reported) · $8.6B post
Investors: Eclipse Ventures (lead), Balderton Capital (lead), SoftBank Vision Fund (co_lead), Microsoft (strategic) (strategic), NVentures (NVIDIA) (strategic), Mercedes-Benz (strategic), Nissan (strategic), Stellantis (strategic), Uber (strategic)
- Series C2024-05-01
$1.1B
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead)
- Series B2022-01-18
$200M
Investors: Eclipse Ventures (lead), Baillie Gifford, D1 Capital Partners, Moore Strategic Ventures, Linse Capital, Microsoft (strategic), Compound, Balderton Capital
Timeline
Every recorded move in Wayve’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipStellantis x Wayve x Uber
2026-06-18Stellantis, autonomous-driving startup Wayve, and Uber struck a deal to jointly develop and deploy driverless robotaxis, combining Wayve's AI driving software, Stellantis vehicle platforms, and Uber's ride-hailing network.
Funding roundSeries D extension funding round
2026-04-15Series D extension raising $60000000
PartnershipWayve x Uber x Nissan (Tokyo Robotaxi)
2026-03-12Wayve, Uber, and Nissan signed an MOU to collaborate on robotaxis for Tokyo, marking Uber's first AV partnership in Japan. Wayve provides its end-to-end AI Driver, Nissan provides the LEAF base vehicle, and Uber provides the ride-hailing platform. A pilot with safety operators is planned for late 2026, subject to regulatory discussions.
PartnershipTangram Vision x Wayve
2026-02-26Wayve built production calibration infrastructure using MetriCal to support 24/7 training data collection for its embodied AI autonomous driving system.
Funding roundSeries D funding round
2026-02-25Series D raising $1200000000
PartnershipWayve Series C (2024)
2024-05-07Wayve closed a $1.05 billion Series C (announced May 7, 2024), led by SoftBank Group with participation from NVIDIA and existing investor Microsoft, to advance its embodied-AI autonomous-driving technology.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2024-05-01Series C raising $1050000000
PartnershipWayve x Nissan
2024-01-01Wayve is supplying its AI driving software for Nissan's next-generation driver-assistance systems (development partnership).
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Ride The Wayve: Autonomous Driving in busy Central London
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (9)
- https://wayve.ai/press/series-c/
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20523
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/self-driving-tech-startup-wayve-raises-1-2b-from-nvidia-uber-and-three-automakers/
- https://electrek.co/2026/09/22/mercedes-benz-wayve-ai-driver-production-agreement/ · 2026-09-22
- https://www.reuters.com/business/mercedes-wayve-partner-up-autonomous-driving-2026-09-22/ · 2026-09-22
- https://wayve.ai/press/ · 2026-09-22
- https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Wayve-and-Uber-Launch-First-Ever-Autonomous-Rides-in-the-UK-2026-VoFQI1WbQi/default.aspx · 2026-09-03
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/london-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-wayve-uber · 2026-09-03
- https://wayve.ai/press/wayve-announces-200-million-in-funding-to-accelerate-the-development-of-av2-0-the-next-wave-of-autonomous-vehicles/ · 2022-01-18
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Methodology: Verified · 9 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
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Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
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- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
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- Industry publication
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Wayve.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Wayve from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Wayve, NVIDIA and Stellantis Join Forces to Advance Autonomous Driving in France
Wayve, NVIDIA and Stellantis partner with France to accelerate autonomous driving, combining AI, vehicle platforms and computing technology. The post Wayve, NVIDIA and Stellantis…
Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Tesla, Mobileye, Aeva, Ouster, Pony.ai, NVIDIA, Stellantis, Bolt, Wayve, Volkswagen, Einride, Valeo, Aptiv & TIER IV
In autonomous and self-driving vehicle news are Tesla, NHTSA, Mobileye, Sensys Gatso, Aeva, Forterra, Ouster, OMODA & JAECOO, inDrive, Pony.ai, NVIDIA, Stellantis, Bolt, Métropole…
France Sets 2027 Autonomous Vehicle Approval Path as Stellantis, Wayve, Bolt and G7 Pitch Pilots
Insider Brief France’s transport ministry says it will publish an autonomous vehicle homologation doctrine in the first half of 2027 and used the Assises du véhicule autonome to…
NVIDIA and Stellantis Advance Robotaxi Plans Across Europe and Central Asia
NVIDIA and Stellantis Advance Robotaxi Plans Across Europe and Central Asia Three autonomous mobility partnerships announced in October 2026 have brought together vehicle…
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia team up with France on self-driving cars
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia announced a collaboration with the French government to deploy self-driving vehicles in France and across the EU. Stellantis supplies L4-ready…
Rivian buys startup to turn 400,000 daily clips into 3D sims
Rivian wants to rebuild the roads its customers drive as 3D test worlds for its self-driving system, and it just bought a 15-person UK startup called Third Dimension to do it, as…
Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Stellantis, Wayve, XPENG, TIER IV, Avride, Sodexo Campus, Helm.ai, Pilot & Tesla
In autonomous and self-driving vehicle news are Stellantis, Wayve, XPENG, TIER IV, Avride, Sodexo Campus, Helm.ai, Pilot & Tesla. Stellantis and Wayve Put One The post…
Stellantis CEO says Wayve partnership will cut self-driving costs and timelines
Wayve CEO Kendall on the Future of Driving
Wayve CEO Alex Kendall discusses the future of driving, the market for autonomous vehicles in the US and China, as well as the possibility of a future IPO. He spoke with Bloomberg…
Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Arbe Robotics, Faraday Future, TIER IV, RideFlux, KGM, Hyundai Mobis, Stellantis, Wayve & California
In autonomous and self-driving vehicle news are Arbe Robotics, Faraday Future, TIER IV, RideFlux, KGM, Hyundai Mobis, Stellantis, Wayve & California> Arbe Robotics Raises $15 The…
Wayve’s AI will reach Mercedes cars within two years, Kendall says
“It’s going to take them a while. Maybe they don’t know that yet,” Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall said of humanoid robot makers. Kendall spoke on stage at HumanX in…
Mercedes-Benz signs deal to put Wayve AI Driver in cars within 2 years
Mercedes-Benz has signed a definitive production agreement with British self-driving startup Wayve to build its “AI Driver” into future Mercedes vehicles, with integration…
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- Revision history: /companies/wayve/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
This milestone reflects a broader shift toward end-to-end AI as a scalable path to autonomy, aligning leading technology companies, global automakers and mobili
Heat Index
Category contender87/100
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Wayve against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $2.5B raised and recent funding activity. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Hiring activity below category median.
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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: Oct 29, 2026