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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 (NASDAQ: WRD; IPO Oct 2024)

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies WeRide: 1 model, 5 deployments across 2 regions, $310.0M raised, 1 active incident. 10 sources back the record.

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

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$3.7B (reported, approximate)as of Jul 2021

Priced roundSeries D post-money

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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)

Data & sources

Company filings

2

Press releases

6

Web sources

2

10 sources backing this record.View all →

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× joint31 total
  2. 2Geely Farizon1× joint2 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. WeRide x Uber2025-05-05
    with Uberoperating
  5. WeRide x Renault2024-01-01
    with Renaultoperating

Relationships

GGeely FarizonCo-developerUUberDeployerRRenaultCo-developerRRobert BoschCo-developerGGreenMobilityDeployerLLenovo Group LimitedCo-developerQQiming Venture PartnersInvestorBBosch VenturesInvestorNNIO CapitalInvestorFFidelity InternationalInvestor

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

Autonomous Mobility Newsletter – August 17 2026

Aug 17, 2026

WeRide’s loss widens as AV licensor model is put to test

Aug 13, 2026

WeRide Inc. Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2026 Unaudited Financial Results

Aug 12, 2026

Peers

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

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