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Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA

The Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck is the autonomous heavy-truck product of Waabi, recorded in the truck form factor as the Waabi Driver generative-AI virtual driver running on a truck platform. Made by Waabi, founded in 2021 in Toronto and led by chief executive Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist of Uber's ATG self-driving unit, it is genuinely AI-primary: a single end-to-end generative-AI model, the Waabi Driver, that the truck cannot drive without, trained and validated in the Waabi World generative-AI closed-loop simulator and running on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor compute.

The current go-forward platform is the Volvo VNL Autonomous, Volvo's purpose-built, redundancy-equipped tractor into which the Waabi Driver is vertically integrated, following a partnership announced in February 2025 and the truck's unveiling on October 28, 2025; this is distinct from the registry's separate Volvo VNL Autonomous entry for Volvo's own program. Waabi has run commercial freight on the roughly 385-kilometer Dallas-Houston lane with Uber Freight under a ten-year deployment commitment, but the load-bearing fact is that every run is safety-driver-supervised: Waabi's defining fully-driverless target was the end of 2025, and it was missed, slipping into 2026 and beyond pending validation of the Volvo VNL Autonomous platform, so the registry records the maturity as pilot and does not assert that driverless operation has been achieved.

The differentiator claim of interpretable and verifiable AI safety is Waabi's own and is recorded as a claim. On funding, Waabi raised a $200 million Series B in June 2024 and a $750 million Series C in January 2026, co-led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners with NVIDIA, Volvo, and Porsche, plus a roughly $250 million milestone commitment from Uber tied to a deal to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles, as the company expanded beyond trucking into robotaxis.

Named shippers beyond Uber Freight are not verified, and Waabi's safety-driver-supervised Dallas-Houston running should not be conflated with Aurora's separate driverless operations on the same corridor.

Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck by Waabi · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified · Trucks

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ONE-OFF TEST (not commercial ops). Reported via Forbes (Alan Ohnsman, 22 Sep 2026; CEO Raquel Urtasun quotes): Waabi said a test truck ran about 300 miles (~480 km) Dallas to San Antonio on highway without prior route simulation, practice runs, or new real-world data for that route; safety driver present; company claimed no interventions; about 4.5 hours at about 60 mph average.

Framed as company-claimed / CEO-reported to Forbes. No matching Waabi blog primary found for this specific run as of ingest. Distinct from the commercial Dallas-Houston Uber Freight corridor (see waabi-uber-freight-dallas-houston and waabi-uber-freight-texas).

Stack: Waabi Driver on Waabi truck platform. Do not treat as a commercial lane or driverless milestone.

Key facts

Framing
One-off / test run only; not commercial ops; not Dallas-Houston Uber Freight
Route (company-claimed)
Dallas to San Antonio, Texas highway; about 300 miles (~480 km)
Supervision
Safety driver present (company-reported)
Interventions (company-claimed)
Company said no interventions; not independently verified
Duration / speed (company-claimed)
About 4.5 hours; about 60 mph average
Route familiarity (company-claimed)
No prior route simulation, practice runs, or new real-world data for this route (CEO-reported to Forbes)
Source quality
Forbes secondary (Ohnsman, 22 Sep 2026) via SyncAI / Forbes Mexico mirrors if paywalled; no Waabi primary for THIS run
Stack
Waabi Driver (brain) on waabi-truck; operator Waabi
firstSeen basis
2026-09-22 = Forbes report date; exact calendar day of the run not disclosed in cited sources

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-09-24
Company
Waabi
Operator
Waabi
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
1 unit
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
city centroid
First seen
2026-09-22
ID
966c4166-e66e-4098-b9eb-5fb38521f30d

Timeline

  1. Sep 2026
    First recorded
    Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck first documented operating at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA.
  2. Sep 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (3)

  1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/09/22/this-robotrucker-says-its-ai-now-drives-highways-without-advance-training/ · 2026-09-22
  2. https://syncai.news/article/this-robotrucker-says-its-ai-now-drives-highways-without-advance-training-ce1282 · 2026-09-22
  3. https://forbes.com.mx/esta-empresa-de-camiones-autonomos-afirma-que-su-ia-ya-circula-por-autopistas-sin-entrenamiento-previo/ · 2026-09-22
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-24

Verification posture

Verified

Medium confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-09-24

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

Sources by quality tier

2
secondary-established-publication
Established publication
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA.

Common questions

What is the Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck deployment at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA?
Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck, built by Waabi, is recorded as a deployment at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Waabi operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA?
Waabi, the manufacturer of Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck deployment at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting September 22, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck deployment at Dallas-San Antonio Corridor, Texas, USA?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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