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We're thrilled to welcome Ryan Wallace to Waabi as General Manager of our Robotaxi business. Ryan comes to Waabi from Zoox and FlexAI, where he spent years building and scaling autonomous vehicle and AI operations including leading the operations team at Zoox ahead of their commercial robotaxi launch. Now he's bringing that experience to Waabi as we expand the Waabi Driver into the robotaxi market and work toward serving millions of future customers worldwide. Welcome to the team, Ryan!

Autonomous trucking is creating real opportunity in Texas. This week, Waabi's own Katie Carmichael participated in a Texas legislative hearing on autonomous vehicles and we were proud to have the City of Lancaster testify alongside us about what our operations mean for their community. We're currently running commercial loads from Lancaster, serving carriers, shippers, and Fortune 50 retailers. The future of freight is being built right here. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/giQKNDuh

Safe roads are a shared mission. Team Waabi stopped by our local police department to show our appreciation for the officers and first responders who keep our communities safe every day. Proud to be part of this community in Lancaster, Texas.

Every day in Texas, our trucks are hitting the road. This is what commercial autonomous operations look like in practice: safe, reliable, and built to scale.

⏳ T-Minus 8 Days Until #WorldEntrepreneursDay 🚚 “Breakthroughs come from challenging convention, not following it. Vision needs grit and a relentless team to chase the impossible.” Raquel Urtasun, CEO and Founder of Waabi, got into self-driving because she wanted safer roads, seeing firsthand how accidents affected the people close to her. She founded Waabi because the industry’s hand-engineered approach wasn’t going to get us there. Getting to safe, scalable autonomy requires an AI-first approach, one where the system generalizes through reasoning, not brittle rules. Waabi is starting with self-driving robotaxis and trucks built on NVIDIA compute, making roads safer, supply chains more efficient and transportation more sustainable, and using this work as a blueprint to solve challenges beyond transportation. #NVIDIAInception

Finally we have a solution which is tackling the needs of how freight is done today. Raquel Urtasun joined FreightWaves TV with Craig Fuller and Julie Van de Kamp to break down what Waabi’s generalization breakthrough means for autonomous trucking — and why it's the key to truly scalable, customer-first freight.

Tune in right now to FreightWaves TV to hear our founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun discuss how we're solving one of the hardest problems in autonomous driving — generalization. Transferring learned skills to new environments and new vehicles, and what it means for the next phase of safe, scalable autonomous trucking. https://lnkd.in/ekdnyjX

"This year and next year is finally all about real adoption. Not pilots, not theory. Self-driving trucks on the road without a driver — beginning of next year in Texas." Lior Ron joined BlackRock's The Bid podcast with Oscar Pulido and Tony Kim to share why this is the moment the industry has been waiting for.

Proud to have sponsored the SAE International ATS Conference and showcase Waabi's work alongside fellow leaders advancing autonomous transportation. A special thank you to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison, Deputy Administrator Lee White, and Director Stacy Balk, PhD for their engagement and continued commitment to advancing the policies that will help us deliver on our mission — saving lives. Yesterday’s announcements by NHTSA at ATS were helpful reminders of what is possible when we commit to setting a high bar for the performance of autonomous systems, while still prioritizing the need for innovation and flexibility. This balanced approach allows companies like Waabi to develop exciting new approaches to AV technology which continue to drive our industry forward, while ensuring we will be held to the highest standards as we scale across the US.