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Waabi

Transportation · Toronto, Canada · Founded 2021

Waabi.ai is a startup that operates in the autonomous vehicle industry, specifically focusing on self-driving trucking technology. Their flagship product, the Waabi Driver, is a next-generation solution that can be trained to make decisions, apply learned skills to new scenarios and geographies, and adapt to any hardware configuration. This technology is designed for large-scale commercialization and safe deployment, targeting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for factory-level integration. The company's unique selling proposition lies in its use of advanced simulation technology, Waabi World. This virtual environment allows the firm to streamline the development process of their self-driving system, reducing the need for real-world testing miles. This approach not only lowers costs but also enhances safety and flexibility. Waabi.ai's business model revolves around the development and sale of their autonomous driving technology to trucking companies and OEMs. The company generates revenue by licensing their technology for use in commercial vehicles. This technology has the potential to revolutionize the trucking industry by reducing costs and improving safety. The team at Waabi.ai is led by AI and self-driving pioneer Raquel Urtasun and comprises of leading AI engineers and solution architects. They are committed to harnessing the power of self-driving technology to create a better world. Keywords: Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving Trucks, AI Technology, Simulation, Commercialization, OEM Integration, Safety, Cost Reduction, Innovation, Licensing.

Valuation $2.5–5B
Revenue $10–50M
Headcount 100–500
Total funding $1–2.5B
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Investors

26 investors on Waabi's cap table

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Series A 20 investors entered at this stage
Khosla Ventures
Fei-Fei Li
8VC
Geoffrey Hinton
BDC Capital
Uber
Sanja Fidler
OMERS Ventures
Pieter Abbeel
Aurora Innovation
Radical Ventures
Volvo Group Venture Capital
HarbourVest Partners
Nvidia
Export Development Canada
G2 Venture Partners
Porsche SE
Incharge Capital
Scania Growth Capital
Ingka Investments
Series B+ 6 investors entered at this stage
Bank of Montreal
Linse Capital
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
TELUS Global Ventures
BlackRock
NVentures

Global footprint

Where Waabi has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
4 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States59.6%
🇨🇦 Canada39.6%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.4%
🇸🇪 Sweden0.4%
4 countries shown
Web traffic by country
59K monthly visits
across markets
🇨🇦 Canada23.6%
🇺🇸 United States15.9%
🇩🇪 Germany14.6%
🇮🇳 India10.5%
🇹🇷 Turkey7.5%
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Talent graph

The shape of Waabi's talent

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14 standout operatorsDealroom-flagged across the org
12 AI specialistsincl. 10 core researchers
332 employees mappedperson by person
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Patent intelligence

$781k patent portfolio · 42 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$781k
0.03% of valuation · 2.8× smaller than top peer Multiverse Computing ($2M)
42 active patent families

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Waabi

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