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Waymo Seeks More Than $15 Billion in Funding Round
Waymo aims to boost fleet and expand service in 26 markets with $15 billion funding at a $110 billion valuation, doubling its last round, officials said.
- Next year, Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion, Bloomberg first reported.
- After a $5.6 billion Series C closed in October 2024, Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion to fund its expansion, according to CNBC.
- Potential backers include Alphabet and the round could value Waymo at $110 billion, more than doubling its $45 billion previous funding, CNBC reports.
- Earlier this month CNBC reported Waymo crossed an estimated 450,000 weekly paid rides and served 14 million trips in 2025, with plans for multiple U.S. cities next year and a London launch in 2026.
- Market observers say the talks underscore Waymo's lead in the U.S. robotaxi market amid rival deployments from Amazon's Zoox and Tesla, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Waymo will `meaningfully` contribute by 2027.
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Gene Munster Says If It Was A Basketball Game Google's Waymo Would Be Up 50-2 Against Elon Musk's Tesla, But He Has A 'Spoiler Alert' - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Fund manager and prominent tech analyst Gene Munster said Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Waymo is firmly in the lead against rival Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) in the U.S. robotaxi market, while noting that the race was still in its early stages, with plenty of time to close this gap.
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