{"id":"dffa6993-c4b8-42ad-8061-c7a8061208dd","companyId":"efd17dd1-0c95-47b7-bc97-5481441b9936","modelName":"Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck","slug":"waabi-truck","description":"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.","formFactor":"truck","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Driverless milestone (LOAD-BEARING cap-flag)","value":"Waabi has run COMMERCIAL freight on Dallas-Houston with Uber Freight since ~2023, but every run is SAFETY-DRIVER-SUPERVISED. The defining fully-driverless (no-human-in-cab) target was end-2025 and was MISSED; it slipped to 2026+ and remains pending validation of the Volvo VNL Autonomous PLATFORM (not the Waabi Driver software), framed by Urtasun as safety-over-speed. Do NOT assert driverless-achieved. The future driverless lane is undisclosed ('to be unveiled later')."},{"label":"AI-primary posture","value":"Genuinely AI-primary: a single end-to-end generative-AI model (Waabi Driver) the truck cannot drive without, trained in the Waabi World gen-AI simulator, on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor. The 'interpretable and verifiable AI safety' differentiator is Waabi's OWN claim - recorded as a claim, not an independently-verified property. Wired to brain waabi-driver."},{"label":"Platform scoping","value":"Scoped to the Waabi-Driver-on-a-truck product; current go-forward platform = the Volvo VNL Autonomous (partnership Feb 2025, truck unveiled Oct 28 2025). Distinct from the registry's separate volvo-vnl-autonomous entry (Volvo's own program). Pre-Volvo Dallas-Houston running used Waabi-integrated trucks."},{"label":"Corporate / funding (current)","value":"Waabi (founded 2021, Toronto). Funding ladder: Series A ~$83.5M (Jun 2021, Khosla); Series B $200M (Jun 2024, Uber + Khosla lead, NVIDIA new, + Volvo/Porsche/Scania/Ingka); SERIES C $750M (Jan 28 2026, Khosla + G2 co-lead, NVIDIA/Volvo/Porsche) PLUS a ~$250M Uber milestone commitment (headline 'up to $1B') tied to a 25,000-AV Uber deal - Waabi has EXPANDED beyond trucking into robotaxis. ~$280M total before the Series C."},{"label":"Cap-flags","value":"Named shippers beyond Uber Freight (e.g. Samsung / 'Fortune 500') are aggregator-only - NOT verified; assert only Uber Freight. Do NOT conflate with Aurora: both run the Dallas-Houston corridor, but Aurora runs DRIVERLESS there while Waabi runs SAFETY-DRIVER-supervised. 'Up to $1B' = $750M Series C + ~$250M Uber milestone, not a flat $1B equity round."}],"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)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-and-volvo-autonomous-solutions-partner-to-jointly-develop-and-deploy-autonomous-transportation-solutions","title":"Waabi + Volvo Autonomous Solutions partner: Waabi Driver vertically integrated into the Volvo VNL Autonomous (Feb 2025)","sourceName":"Waabi (official)"},{"url":"https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-uber-freight","title":"Waabi + Uber Freight: Dallas-Houston lane, 10-year commercial deployment commitment","sourceName":"Waabi (official)"},{"url":"https://waabi.ai/insights/waabi-series-b-announcement","title":"Waabi raises $200M to launch fully driverless trucks in 2025 (the later-missed driverless target)","sourceName":"Waabi (official)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/waabi-unveils-autonomous-truck-made-in-partnership-with-volvo/","title":"Waabi unveils autonomous truck with Volvo (Volvo VNL Autonomous; Oct 28 2025)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-waabi-raises-200-million-to-launch-driverless-commercial-trucks-in/","title":"Waabi 385km Dallas-Houston lane; 'a safety driver has always been at the wheel'; driverless = planned","sourceName":"The Globe and Mail"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/waabi-raises-1b-and-expands-into-robotaxis-with-uber/","title":"Waabi raises $750M Series C + ~$250M Uber milestone (up to $1B); expands into robotaxis (25,000-AV Uber deal; Jan 28 2026)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/waabi-autonomous-trucking/","title":"Waabi AI posture: end-to-end generative AI, Waabi World simulation, NVIDIA DRIVE Thor; 'interpretable' (Waabi claim)","sourceName":"NVIDIA"}],"aliases":["Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck","Waabi truck","Waabi Driver"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-04T19:26:45.854Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T19:26:45.854Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/waabi-truck","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/waabi-truck","name":"Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck","alternateName":["Waabi Driver Autonomous Truck","Waabi truck","Waabi Driver"],"description":"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. 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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.","identifier":"dffa6993-c4b8-42ad-8061-c7a8061208dd","category":"truck","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"pilot","lifecycle_state":"active","architectural_position":{"cohort":"truck","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":7,"primary_source_types":["primary-company-ir","secondary-industry-publication"]}}}