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WeRide

avweride.ai

Global autonomous-driving company (NASDAQ: WRD; HKEX: 0800), founded 2017, operating one of the world's most internationally diversified robotaxi businesses…

Track WeRide
Founded
2017
HQ
Guangzhou, China
Status
Public
Regulatory status1 Regulatory filing

WeRide holds 1 Regulatory filing, per the DEPLOY registry.

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PublicNASDAQ: WRD

CategoryRobotaxis

Funding

$310.0M

Models

1

Deployments

5

Overview

Global autonomous-driving company (NASDAQ: WRD; HKEX: 0800), founded 2017, operating one of the world's most internationally diversified robotaxi businesses across 9 countries (China, US, UAE, Singapore, France, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Switzerland, and more). Its China robotaxi fleet reached ~1,000 vehicles by April 2026, with 800+ in commercial/testing operation and a fleet of 250+ outside China and the US, the largest commercial robotaxi fleet outside China and the US (in Abu Dhabi).

WeRide pursues an asset-light model where Uber, Grab, or local partners operate the fleets while WeRide provides the autonomous-driving technology and vehicles. Beyond robotaxis it operates robobuses (France, Belgium) and autonomous sanitation vehicles. In October 2025 it secured the world's first city-level fully-driverless robotaxi commercial permit outside the US (Abu Dhabi).

Its mass-produced Robotaxi GXR (built on Geely farizon's SuperVAN platform, launched October 2024) is its primary commercial vehicle. WeRide and Uber have committed to deploying at least 1,200 robotaxis across the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh) by ~2027, and WeRide/Geely Farizon aim to deliver 2,000 GXRs. Forward commitments, not current deployments.

Verified record

Verified deployments
5 deployments on file
Active incidents
1 incident on file

Key facts

Listingsee public companies →

NASDAQ: WRD; HKEX: 0800 (HK IPO ~88M shares)

Q2 2025 revenue

~¥127M (~$18M), +60% YoY; net loss ~¥406M (~$57M)

Fleet

~1,000 China + 250+ outside China/US

Footprint

9 countries (most international robotaxi operator)

Landmark

Abu Dhabi, first city-level fully-driverless commercial permit outside US (Oct 2025)

Model

Asset-light, Uber/Grab/partners operate fleets

IPO (Nasdaq)

Began trading Oct 25, 2024 at US$15.50 per ADS (1 ADS = 3 Class A shares; ticker WRD)

IPO size

7,742,400 ADSs offered + up to 1,161,360 over-allotment; base gross proceeds US$120.0M

IPO + private placements

US$320.5M concurrent private placements alongside the IPO; combined gross up to ~US$458.5M (with full over-allotment)

IPO underwriters

Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, CICC, ABCI, BNP Paribas, Tiger Brokers

Last pre-IPO round

Series D+: incl. US$70M (CDBC fund, Dec 2023) and US$37.8M (Sailing Innovation, Nov 2023)

Uber robotaxi partnership

Uber partnership to deploy 1,200 robotaxis across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Riyadh by 2027 (announced 2026)

15-city expansion plan

Plan to expand commercial robotaxi services to 15 additional cities with Uber (announced 2026)

Dubai Mobility Labs trials (reported, Sep 2026)

Named among prior trial participants with Pony.ai and Tesla at the Dubai Silicon Oasis test site opened Sep 27 2026; 248 scenarios.

Jingshuo data unit (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Physical AI data subsidiary Jingshuo signed its first outside funding on Oct 28 2026. WeRide will keep about 67.63% and continue to consolidate it.

Data & sources

Company filings

2

Press releases

6

Web sources

8

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Partnerships

Every company WeRide has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

7 total3 operating4 just announced

Most-frequent partners

  1. 1Uber2× joint36 total
  2. 2Geely Farizon1× joint1 total
  3. 3GreenMobility1× joint
  4. 4Lenovo Group Limited1× joint1 total
  5. 5Renault1× joint
  6. 6Robert Bosch1× joint5 total

Most recent

  1. WeRide x GreenMobility (Denmark L4 Autonomous Mobility)2026-08-03
    with GreenMobilityjust announced
  2. Uber x WeRide Robotaxi Expansion2026-06-10
    with Uberjust announced
  3. WeRide x Lenovo (200K AV Deployment)2026-04-27
    with Lenovo Group Limitedjust announced
  4. Geely Farizon x WeRide2026-03-08
    with Geely Farizonjust announced
  5. WeRide x Uber2025-05-05
    with Uberoperating

Relationships

UUberDeployerGGeely FarizonCo-developerRRenaultCo-developerRRobert BoschCo-developerGGreenMobilityDeployerLLenovo Group LimitedCo-developerQQiming Venture PartnersInvestorBBosch VenturesInvestorNNIO CapitalInvestorFFidelity InternationalInvestor

Explainers

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

What are the main Chinese robotaxi companies (Baidu Apollo Go, Pony AI, WeRide) and how do they compare to US operators?
Three Chinese autonomous-vehicle operators run commercial robotaxi services at substantially larger scale than US peers: Baidu Apollo Go (commercial robotaxi in Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and additional cities); Pony AI (commercial services in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shenzhen; NYSE-listed November 2024); and WeRide (commercial fleet in China plus international deployments in Abu Dhabi and Singapore). The Chinese commercial AV cluster operates at higher trip volumes, lower per-ride pricing, and broader city coverage than US peers including Waymo.Read the full explainer →
Which robotaxi is most deployed?
Waymo. About 4,000 vehicles across ~15 US metros doing ~500,000 paid fully driverless rides per week as of mid-2026. Baidu Apollo Go is the closest challenger at ~300,000 weekly rides and 20+ cities.Read the full explainer →
Which is the fastest robotaxi?
Waymo's Jaguar I-PACE fleet, at posted freeway limits up to 65 mph on I-10, I-110, I-405, and Route 90, opened to paying riders November 12, 2025. Every faster claim is a spec sheet, a Level 2 driver-assist, or a geofence away from the interstate.Read the full explainer →
Which robotaxi is safest?
Waymo, by a wide margin: it is the only fully driverless robotaxi with tens of millions of paid rider-only miles and peer-reviewed crash-rate data showing large reductions in injury crashes vs a human-driver benchmark on the same streets.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (3)

  • Tony Han Founder, Chairman & CEOsecondary-verified
  • Yan Li Co-founder & CTOsecondary-verified
  • Jennifer Li CFO & Head of Internationalsecondary-verified

ArrivalsJennifer Li from Baidu, Tony Han from Baidu

DeparturesJennifer Li to Baidu, Tony Han to Baidu

Founders (2)

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Board (7)

Safety record

1 incident on record (1 minor). Most recent: Mar 2026.

minor
1

Most recent: Mar 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 WeRide (1)

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.

Operator customers (1)

Brains developed (1)

Recent coverage

WeRide in third-party press

WeRide physical AI infrastructure subsidiary Jingshuo raises more than US$10m

Oct 29, 2026

WeRide’s physical AI data subsidiary raises tens of millions of dollars

Oct 29, 2026

Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Waymo, Motional, HiRain, Arbe, CDTL, Pony.ai, Verne, WeRide, Uber, AVOMO & Hyundai

Sep 13, 2026

Peers

88 peers across 1 segment. Every WeRide competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

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57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%

Mentioned on (26)

Registry pages whose text names WeRide.

Robots and products (3)

JMC Vehicle, Didi Robotaxi, Robotaxi GXR