--- title: Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber description: Waabi secured $1 billion in funding: a $750 million Series C and $250 million from Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis exclusively on Uber's platform. This marks... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/waabi-raises-1b-and-expands-into-robotaxis-with-uber-c2ozi26le twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber | daily.dev og:description: Waabi secured $1 billion in funding: a $750 million Series C and $250 million from Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis exclusively on Uber's platform. This marks... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/waabi-raises-1b-and-expands-into-robotaxis-with-uber-c2ozi26le og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c2Ozi26Le.png og:image:alt: Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Waabi secured $1 billion in funding: a $750 million Series C and $250 million from Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis exclusively on Uber's platform. This marks Waabi's expansion beyond autonomous trucking into passenger vehicles. The company uses a simulator-based approach called Waabi World that trains AI with less data and infrastructure than traditional methods. CEO Raquel Urtasun claims their single technology stack can scale across multiple self-driving verticals simultaneously, unlike competitors who struggled with both markets. Waabi has delayed its fully driverless truck launch but continues commercial pilots in Texas with human drivers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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