Waymo raises $2.25B from Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, parent-company Alphabet, and others to scale up its autonomous vehicles operations
Waymo, the autonomous vehicles division of Google parent company Alphabet, just got a massive capital infusion from a coterie of investors.
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Discussion
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@katies
Katie Jacobs Stanton
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Cool, cool. In 2019, VCs invested $3.5 billion in all-female led teams. https://twitter.com/...
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@ronamadeo
Ron Amadeo
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Imagine investing in the world's leading self-driving car company. What a golden ticket. Also outside investors hopefully means Google's cost cutters will leave Waymo alone. https://blog.waymo.com/...
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@ericjhonsa
Eric Jhonsa
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In case there were any doubts about $GOOG doubling down on Waymo, they just disappeared. But it's notable that no automakers appear to be involved in this funding round. https://venturebeat.com/...
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@gwestr
Greg Wester
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If Elon Musk put all $2.3B he raised into autopilot, we'd have a real race to level 4 But he can't do that because he is focused on EVERYTHING https://twitter.com/...
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@sundarpichai
Sundar Pichai
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Exciting day @Waymo with the announcement of their first external investment round. Great to see the team's progress to date and their long-term commitment to making roads safer for everyone. https://twitter.com/...
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@johnkrafcik
John Krafcik
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We're grateful to have these new partners join our mission to make it safe & easy for people & things to get where they're going ➡️ Waymo One (moving people) & Waymo Via, our new goods delivery service 🚚 https://twitter.com/...
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@stevekovach
Steve Kovach
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This massive outside investment is a signal Alphabet's Other Bets need much more money than Alphabet itself is willing to invest. Verily raised an external $1 billion round last year. https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@lebeaucarnews
Phil LeBeau
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Waymo raises $2.25 Billion in its first external investment round. Investors include: Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Mubdala Investment Company, Magna, Andreesen Horowitz and Autonation
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@mhbergen
Mark Bergen
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Also notably in this round: the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. https://twitter.com/...
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@stevekovach
Steve Kovach
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AutoNation also invested, but just $50 million, per SEC filing https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@waymo
@waymo
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We announced our first external investment round, led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, & Mubadala Investment Company. Add'l investors in our initial $2.25 billion close: Magna International, Andreessen Horowitz, AutoNation, & Alphabet https://blog.waymo.com/.…