The world's most experienced driver — autonomous ride-hailing at commercial scale
Autonomous📍 Mountain View, CAFounded 2009
Current Valuation
$126B
as of 2026-Q1
CENTURION
IPO Outlookrumored
Is Waymo going public in 2027?
An IPO is rumored for 2027, with nothing filed. Waymo remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is Waymo's valuation in 2026?
Waymo is valued at $126B as of 2026-Q1, set by its 2026 mega-round ($16B, Feb 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Waymo filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Waymo as of 08/23/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are Waymo's investors?
Waymo's investors include Alphabet, Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Mubadala and 5 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Waymo — formerly the Google self-driving car project — operates the world's first commercial autonomous ride-hailing service, with over 20 million paid rides served across Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin. An Alphabet subsidiary, it is the highest-valued autonomous-vehicle company in the world.
Company Profile
CEO
Tekedra Mawakana
Founded
2009
HQ
Mountain View, CA
Employees
~2500
Total Raised
$28B
Growth
Ride volume scaling rapidly across Phoenix, SF, LA, Austin
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
2026 mega-round
$16B
Feb 2026
Dragoneer / DST Global / Sequoia
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
18% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
377
via greenhouse
Product-build share
69%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 69% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 126 of 377 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Analysis Infra SWE ASIC Design Verification Engineer Automotive HVAC Systems EngineerComponent EngineerData ScientistDirector of Engineering, London
Counted from Waymo's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Sebastian ThrunAnthony LevandowskiChris Urmson
Investors
Alphabet · Dragoneer Investment Group · DST Global · Sequoia Capital · Andreessen Horowitz · Mubadala · Bessemer Venture Partners · Silver Lake · Tiger Global · T. Rowe Price · Fidelity
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.