Waymo, after more than 15 years and 200 million driverless miles, says there is no AI shortcut to self-driving, countering rivals like Tesla, Wayve, and Waabi that pursue end-to-end AI systems. Srikan…
Canada risks missing a $40-trillion robotics opportunity, warns Clearpath Robotics CEO Ryan Gariepy, who chairs the Canadian Robotics Council. Gariepy told BetaKit that Canada has world-class robotics…
Waabi announced that its Waabi Driver software, trained exclusively on a Peterbilt 579, successfully drove a Volvo VNL Autonomous truck on highways and surface streets from the first mile without any …
Humble Robotics emerged from stealth with a $24 million seed round and a prototype for a cabless, battery-electric autonomous freight hauler. The round was led by Eclipse with participation from Energ…
Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun, a former Uber executive and AI researcher, says she prefers hiring Gen Z workers over industry veterans because of their adaptability and curiosity. Her autonomous trucking s…
Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of Waabi and a University of Toronto professor, told a BetaKit town hall on May 25 that the world is entering a "physical AI" revolution and urged Canada to "go all in"…