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Waymo
Alphabet's autonomous driving subsidiary, the parent company of Google, and the undisputed leader in driverless taxis in real-world conditions. Its cars already handle hundreds of thousands of paid rides per week across a dozen US cities, while most competitors are still stuck at the promise stage.
In other words
Over 160 million kilometres driven with no one at the wheel, the equivalent of 4,000 times around the Earth.
Alyriaz articles that mention it
- Self-driving cars in 2026: where do we really stand?
In 2015, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would complete a fully autonomous Los Angeles to New York trip. It is now 2026. He has done it several times, but with human supervision. Waymo, meanwhile, carries passengers with no one at the wheel in 5 cities. Cruise is dead. Here is the honest state of a long-announced revolution that is finally unfolding, but differently.
- Will the AI bubble burst? What 2026 is already telling us
$150 billion raised by AI startups in 2025. $725 billion in planned investment by Big Tech in 2026. And yet the overwhelming majority of that investment will never be profitable. Is the AI bubble inflating towards a historic burst? Here is the real picture in May 2026.