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The $8.6B Startup Trying to Beat Waymo Without Maps | WSJ

Autonomous vehicle startup Wayve is betting its AI-powered driving system can beat Alphabet’s Waymo and Tesla. WSJ’s Stephen Wilmot took it for a ride to test the technology.

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"How compete with trillion dollar companies" - "I love being a contrarian" and some more yada yalla. The valuations of these companies are already insane.
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Sell it directly to car owners. It's like an adapter that turns dumb car into smart car.
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For a second I thought it said "valve"
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“Mack E”? Maverick had it wrong all this time?
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If someone is still supervising with cupped hands close to the wheel, then it’s not getting approved for unsupervised use anytime soon. It’s unnerving that you have to do that. Lol.
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Can it run in Hanoi Vietnam?
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@aidenv From YouTube ↗ 7 Jul 2026 3
“I want to build something contrarian” is not a particularly reassuring answer when we’re talking about a technology with significant potential for harm.
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So basically an ad to American tech company to buy them out
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Funny how, waymo is using British cars and wayve is using american car(for now)
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People cant even be an uber driver to make extra money anymore
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Interesting look at how different approaches are shaping autonomous driving. Lifewood Large scale AI data annotation supports the development of advanced driving systems by providing high quality data that helps AI understand complex road environments and make safer decisions.
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What if there was a machine that could transport 200 people or more, have no other traffic than the other machine, and could drive itself on a track that called a train
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What we need are the sentient Smart Fortwo's from Hot Tub Time Machine 2.. And sadly Mercedes-Geely nearly rolled out its own electric automated car too but cancelled it just before production. Thickheaded move if you ask me. Especially now that Benz is both flailing and failing fast!
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That’s London? But it’s sunny… ?
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This isn't gonna get anywhere...
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BlackBerry for the win
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@GenZyannd From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 14
"end to end ai" 😂 is that like all bird ai?
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@Ohampion From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 127
just a humble billionaire trying to compete with the trillionaires
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No offense to this guy, but i dont think this CEO answered a single question that was asked. He just rambled off about something entirely different
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@green-h7h6g From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 161
Nice ad.