Waymo

A TechCrunch investigation identifies at least six incidents where police and firefighters had to manually drive Waymo vehicles during emergencies, including an Austin mass shooting and a California wildfire.

Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have grown tenfold in under two years, reaching 500,000 across 10 cities even as school bus safety incidents draw federal scrutiny

February 2026 shattered all venture capital records with $189 billion deployed globally, but 83 percent of that capital flowed to just three AI companies, deepening a K-shaped market where mega-rounds surge while seed funding contracts.

Waymo secures the largest autonomous vehicle investment ever, tripling to 15 million rides in 2025 and targeting 20+ new cities including Tokyo and London in 2026

Senate Commerce Committee convenes Tesla, Waymo, and industry leaders to debate a federal safety framework for self-driving cars amid a patchwork of state laws.