Led by Alphabet @Waymo Raises USD 5.6 billion

Monday, October 28th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Last week Waymo LLC, formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, closed an oversubscribed investment round of USD 5.6 billion, led by Alphabet. There was also continued participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity, Perry Creek, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, and T. Rowe Price. “Customers love Waymo. The company has built the safest product in the […]

Autonomous Driving @Waymo Withdraw From #CES2022

Thursday, December 23rd, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There will be more than 185 vehicle-tech exhibitors at #CES2022 this year, including BMW, Daimler, General Motors, Hyundai and more but there won’t be any Waymo who announced earlier today that they would not be attending. In a statement on their blog they said “Based on quickly rising COVID-19 infection rates, Waymo has made the […]

Facebook, Twitter Drop Their In-Person Plans For #CES2022

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Reuters reported Tuesday December 21, 2022 that Amazon Inc., Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter Inc. and Pinterest Inc will not physically be sending any people to #CES2022 which kicks off in Las Vegas January 3, 2022 as concerns across the United States seem to grow about the Omicron variant. Amazon and its smart-home unit […]