Waabi Raises $1B from Uber and VCs

Waabi Raises $1B from Uber and VCs

In this episode, we discuss Waabi, an autonomous trucking company that secured $1 billion in funding, including $250 million from Uber. We also explore their unique AI-first approach to autonomous driving, which allows them to simulate and generalize across different vehicle types with less data and compute.


Chapters
00:00 Wabi's $1B Funding & Uber Deal
00:33 AIBox.ai: No-Code AI Tool Builder
01:46 Wabi's Expansion & Competition
04:43 Wabi's AI-First Approach & Simulation
12:03 Roadmap, Capital & Partnerships
19:48 Future of Autonomous Driving
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