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Wayve

UK embodied-AI / autonomous-driving company (London; founded 2017) building the AI Driver end-to-end driving foundation model + GAIA generative world models;…

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Founded
2017
HQ
London, United Kingdom
Status
private (~$1.05B Series C 2024; ~$1.2B round 2026)

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).

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$8.6B (reported, approximate)as of Feb 2026

Priced roundSeries D post-money

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Key facts

Models

AI Driver (AV2.0 driving FM) + GAIA generative world models + LINGO.

Distinction

Foundation-model-first, OEM-agnostic LICENSED brain (vs captive robotaxi stacks); Nissan ProPilot FY2027.

Backerssee investors →

SoftBank and Nvidia

Focus area

Embodied AI

AI Driver architecture

End-to-end driving foundation model

Fundingsee investors →

$1.2B Series D at $8.6B valuation (Feb 2026); led by NVIDIA, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Nissan; total ~$1.6B+

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

1

Research

1

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Relationships

TTangram VisionTechnology partnerNNVIDIAInvestorEEclipse VenturesInvestorMMicrosoftInvestorSSoftBank GroupInvestorUUberCustomerNNissan MotorCo-developerSStellantisManufacturerUUberDeployerNNissanManufacturer

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Wayve, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What is Wayve?
Wayve is a UK-based brain-provider building foundation-model-for-driving for autonomous vehicles. Per Agent A source-depth hygiene: $8.6B valuation following Series D February 2026 (largest UK AI Series D on record). Model lineage: AI Driver (production end-to-end driving model deployed via OEM integration) + GAIA-3 (generative world model for driving simulation). Production deployment via Stellantis STLA AutoDrive partnership: commercial-tier deployment maturity (rare in the foundation-model brain-provider cohort). Cohort positioning: foundation-model-for-driving tier distinct from foundation-model-for-robotics (PI) + foundation-model-for-physical-AI-general (NVIDIA GR00T) + foundation-model-for-robotic-manipulation (Covariant) cohort tiers.Read the full explainer →
How does DEPLOY track partnership lifecycle state?
DEPLOY tracks partnership lifecycle state as a four-state framework operating at relationship-graph granularity: announced (verified-from-press-release; not-yet-active) → active (verified-deployed or verified-shipped; current_status=true) → dissolved (terminated; current_status=false with end_date populated) → unverified-current-state (announced-but-no-update-since; cap-flag honest-absence). Per Agent A's Arc C substrate, 18 partnerships + 32 parties + 14 external counterparties (via XOR pattern) + NVIDIA 4-counterparty multi-party-partnership node verified at primary-source-anchored depth. The canonical lifecycle worked example: Figure × OpenAI announced 2024 → dissolved February 2025 (status=dissolved + endDate populated). The external-name XOR pattern (partnership_parties.company_id when counterparty is tracked entity; external_name when counterparty is genuinely not-in-registry; OpenAI + Uber + Nissan + Microsoft as canonical worked examples) operates as verification-posture discipline at relationship-graph granularity. Cap-flag-as-trust-signal operates recursively on partnership framing.Read the full explainer →
How does DEPLOY track cross-cluster talent-flow as diaspora graph?
DEPLOY tracks cross-cluster talent-flow at primary-source-anchored PersonCompany-edge granularity per Arc A people graph substrate. The diaspora graph framework operates at three canonical pattern classes: post-wind-down diaspora (Cruise canonical worked example; founders + executives + technical leadership transition across multiple destinations after corporate wind-down); license-and-hire diaspora (Amazon × Covariant canonical worked example; co-founders + ~25% staff transition to acquirer while standalone entity continues under remaining leadership); adjacent-employer-prior diaspora (Meta AI / FAIR + Google X / Everyday Robots as recurring prior employers in brain-providers and humanoid cohort hires). Each pattern class operates at distinct PersonCompany-edge structure: current_role=false with end_date populated + where-they-went edge (post-wind-down + license-and-hire); current_role=true with prior-employer edge at honest-absence end_date if no specific tenure-end disclosed (adjacent-employer-prior). The framework reads talent-flow at four substrate-axis granularity: source company + destination company + role transition + tenure date precision; cap-flag-as-trust-signal operates recursively on diaspora framing same as on any other relationship-record claim depth. Cross-property bidirectional discipline operational: PersonCompany edges cross-reference acquisition records (Cruise wind-down ↔ GM full re-absorption Acquisition record; Covariant license_and_hire ↔ Amazon × Covariant Acquisition record) + partnership records + entity records simultaneously.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (13)

Founders (2)

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Board (2)

Former / Previously (1)

  • Amar Shah Co-founder & initial CEO (2017-2020)secondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Wayve.

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Brains developed (1)

Recent coverage

Wayve in third-party press

Wayve and Uber receive private hire vehicle licences from Transport for London

Aug 10, 2026

Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: WeRide, Aurora, Tier IV, Torc, Wayve, Uber, Moove, Pony.ai, Tesla & Waymo

Aug 9, 2026

Wayve & Uber Granted TfL Private Hire Vehicle Licenses for Autonomous Services

Aug 6, 2026