What is Wayve?
Embodied AI self-driving software for automakers and robotaxis.
- Category
- Autonomous driving software
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- ~1,000
- Total funding
- ~$2.8B
- Valuation
- $8.6B (2026)
What is Wayve?
Wayve builds end-to-end AI driving software for robotaxis, ADAS, and automaker deployments.
Wayve builds end-to-end AI driving software for robotaxis, ADAS, and automaker deployments. As of June 2026, it sits in Autonomous driving software with headquarters in London, UK.
Wayve raised $1.05B in 2024 and $1.5B in 2026 at an $8.6B valuation from Microsoft, Nvidia, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Stellantis, and others. Its public traction is strongest where customers need high-reliability systems, safety, and mission or operational outcomes rather than experiments.
For sellers, Wayve should be treated as a technical account with multiple buying centers. Product, engineering, security, operations, finance, and customer-program teams can all matter depending on the workflow.
What does Wayve offer?
Wayve offers products and services across Autonomous driving software.
- AI Driver· Autonomy
- Robotaxi software· Mobility
- ADAS software· Automotive
- Embodied AI models· AI
- Wayve Labs· Research
- OEM integrations· Partnerships
How does Wayve make money?
Wayve makes money by licensing AI driver software to automakers, ADAS programs, and robotaxi networks rather than operating its own large vehicle fleet. Pricing is negotiated through OEM and mobility partnerships.
Wayve makes money by licensing AI driver software to automakers, ADAS programs, and robotaxi networks rather than operating its own large vehicle fleet. Pricing is negotiated through OEM and mobility partnerships.
Growth is driven by partner vehicle volume, autonomy performance, safety validation, and Uber marketplace deployments in more than ten markets starting with London.
The practical revenue drivers are deployment scale, customer proof, reliability, and attach of software, support, integration, or sustainment. Public pricing is limited or quote-based, so deal sizing should be anchored in programs, fleet size, usage, or enterprise scope rather than a published tier page.
Who leads Wayve?
Wayve's public leadership includes Alex Kendall, Amar Shah, Jamie Shotton, Erez Dagan.
- Alex KendallCo-founder and CEOCo-founder since 2017Cambridge researcher and public face of end-to-end AV AI.
- Amar ShahCo-founderCo-founder since 2017Original technical co-founder.
- Jamie ShottonChief ScientistSenior leaderFormer Microsoft computer-vision leader; leads Wayve Labs.
- Erez DaganPresidentSenior executiveAutomotive and autonomy executive experience.
How do you contact Wayve's leadership?
Wayve publishes corporate or team contact routes, but individual executive inboxes are generally not published. The personal emails below are format-following addresses based on public email-pattern signals; treat them as routing hypotheses, not verified personal inboxes.
first.last@wayve.aiHow much funding has Wayve raised?
Wayve has raised ~$2.8B; latest public valuation/status is $8.6B (2026).
Wayve's disclosed financing history is: Jan 2022: Series B ($200M led by Eclipse.) May 2024: Series C ($1.05B led by SoftBank; total funding about $1.3B.) Feb 2026: Series D - $8.6B valuation ($1.5B from strategic and existing investors.)
The latest round/status is $1.5B Series D (2026). Notable backers include SoftBank, and the valuation/status to use as of June 2026 is $8.6B (2026).
Funding should be read together with customer traction. For hardware, robotics, autonomy, or defense companies, contract conversion, production scale, safety validation, and deployment economics matter as much as nominal capital raised.
How did Wayve get here?
Wayve's timeline runs from founding in 2017 to its latest financing and deployment milestones.
- 2017FoundedAlex Kendall and Amar Shah start Wayve.
- 2022$200M Series BEnd-to-end driving thesis gains capital.
- 2024$1.05B Series CLargest UK AI raise at the time.
- 2025Uber strategic partnershipRobotaxi deployment plan emerges.
- 2026$1.5B Series DValuation reaches $8.6B.
- 2026Wayve Labs launchesResearch expands toward embodied intelligence beyond cars.
Who are Wayve's competitors?
Wayve competes with companies that solve adjacent customer problems in Autonomous driving software.
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