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Wayve
Wayve develops embodied AI and autonomous-driving software intended for licensing into production vehicles. It is treated here as software-kind because the cited evidence centers on vehicle-agnostic AI driver licensing and OEM partnerships rather than Wayve-owned fleet operations.
HeadquartersLondon, GB
Founded2017
Corporate funding$2.8B
Team1000+
Deployments4
Open roles0
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Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Company typePhysical AI software
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries D
FoundersAlex Kendall (Co-founder & CEO), Amar Shah (Co-founder)
Regions servedGB, US, Global
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
LinkedInView profile
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Deployment log
Announced and cited only
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Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Series D extension
Round sourceSeries D
Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Stellantis
Round sourceSeries C
Round sourceSeries B
Eclipse Ventures, D1 Capital Partners, Baillie Gifford, Microsoft
Round sourceSeries A
Eclipse Ventures, Balderton Capital
Round sourceSeed
Compound VC, firstminute Capital
Round sourceInvestors on recordSoftBank GroupNVIDIAMicrosoft
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Company timeline
Milestones and announcements
2026-07-07Company materials describe licensing a vehicle-agnostic AI driver to automakers and mobility partners.Wayve
2026-05-01Wayve Labs ↗Wayve
2026-02-25Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform ↗Wayve
2024-05-07Announced a Series D round to accelerate embodied AI for autonomous driving with investors including SoftBank, NVIDIA and Microsoft.Wayve
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Source ledger
11 unique public sources
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Wayve extends its $1.2B round with $60M from AMD, Arm, and QualcommThe Next Web · retrieved 2026-07-05
02Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platformWayve · retrieved 2026-07-05
03Wayve Raises Over $1 Billion Led by SoftBank to Develop Embodied AI Products for Automated DrivingWayve · retrieved 2026-07-05
04Wayve raises $200M Series B led by Eclipse for its AI for autonomous delivery vehiclesTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
05Wayve secures $20M Series A to facilitate self-driving car trials in LondonBalderton Capital · retrieved 2026-07-05
06Wayve in a £2.5M round led by Compound VCNordic 9 · retrieved 2026-07-05
07Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber Partner to Scale Robotaxis GloballyWayve · retrieved 2026-07-05
08Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber Partner to Scale Robotaxis GloballyStellantis Media · retrieved 2026-07-05
09Nvidia, Microsoft back self-driving firm Wayve as it hits $8.6 billion valuationCNBC · retrieved 2026-07-05
10Wayve and Uber partner to accelerate the future of automated drivingWayve · retrieved 2026-07-05
11The path to autonomyWayve · retrieved 2026-07-05