Founder lineage
The Waymo diaspora
3 robotics companies were founded by people who came from Waymo. Every branch is a verified role plus a verified founding.
SourceWaymo
Founded by Chris Urmson · ex-Waymo
- Nuro2016
Founded by Jiajun Zhu, Dave Ferguson · ex-Waymo
Founded by Boris Sofman, Kevin Peterson · ex-Waymo
Common questions
How many robotics companies came out of Waymo?
3 verified robotics companies were founded by people who previously worked at Waymo, according to the DEPLOY registry. They include Aurora Innovation, Nuro, Bedrock Robotics.
What is a founder-lineage or "diaspora" tree?
It traces where a company's people go next: everyone who held a role at Waymo and then founded their own robotics company. It is built only from verified role and founding records in the DEPLOY registry, so every branch links to the person and the company.
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