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Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck

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 is a truck robot built by

Machine-readable surfaces

Form factor
truck
Maturity stage
pilot
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
0
ID
dffa6993-c4b8-42ad-8061-c7a8061208dd

Specs

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specs
Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck: the Waabi Driver (a single end-to-end generative-AI virtual driver, trained/validated in the Waabi World generative-AI closed-loop simulator, on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor compute) vertically integrated into the Volvo VNL Autonomous, Volvo's purpose-built redundancy-equipped (dual braking/steering/computing/power) tractor produced at Volvo's New River Valley plant (Virginia). Runs commercial freight on the ~385 km Dallas-Houston lane with Uber Freight (10-year deployment commitment). Made by Waabi (Toronto; CEO Raquel Urtasun, ex-Uber ATG). Wired to the waabi-driver brain.
formFactor
truck (AI-primary autonomous heavy truck; Waabi Driver generative-AI virtual driver on the Volvo VNL Autonomous platform; safety-driver-supervised commercial freight)

Runs on (1)

Supply chain

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Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (7)

  1. https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-and-volvo-autonomous-solutions-partner-to-jointly-develop-and-deploy-autonomous-transportation-solutions
  2. https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-uber-freight
  3. https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-series-b-announcement
  4. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/waabi-unveils-autonomous-truck-made-in-partnership-with-volvo/
  5. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-waabi-raises-200-million-to-launch-driverless-commercial-trucks-in/
  6. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/waabi-raises-1b-and-expands-into-robotaxis-with-uber/
  7. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/waabi-autonomous-trucking/

Common questions

What is Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck?
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.
Who makes Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck?
Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck is made by Waabi, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, founded in 2021.
Where is Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck deployed?
No verified deployments of Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
What is Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck's maturity stage?
Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
What AI powers Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck?
Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck runs Waabi Driver. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.
Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-04

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-04

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

Sources by quality tier

3
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
2
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
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Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck.