Wayve

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
• Sarah Gates VP of Global Affairs and AssuranceIR-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.

Brains developed (1)

• Wayve AI Driver (and GAIA)foundation-model · pilot

Financial state

Reporting basis

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Lifecycle stage

growth

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Partnerships (3)

• Wayve Series C (2024) with NVIDIA, Eclipse Ventures, Microsoft, SoftBank Groupinvestment
• Wayve x Uber with Ubertechnology
• Wayve x Nissan with Nissan Motordevelopment

Funding rounds (2)

• 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), Uber (strategic) (strategic), Mercedes-Benz (strategic), Nissan (strategic), Stellantis (strategic)

• Series C2024-05-01

  $1.1B

  Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead)

Sources (3)

1. https://wayve.ai/press/series-c/ ↗
2. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20523 ↗
3. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/self-driving-tech-startup-wayve-raises-1-2b-from-nvidia-uber-and-three-automakers/ ↗

Common questions

What is Wayve?

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).

Where is Wayve based?

Wayve is based in London, United Kingdom.

When was Wayve founded?

Wayve was founded in 2017.

What does Wayve make?

Wayve is a robot brain developer: 1 foundation model or autonomy stack on the DEPLOY registry are credited to Wayve.

Is Wayve safe?

Wayve 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.