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Wayve

End-to-end embodied AI for autonomous driving
Automotive 📍 London Founded 2017
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2024-Q2
PRIVATE

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Wayve going public?
No. Wayve is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Wayve's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Wayve. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Wayve filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Wayve.
Who are Wayve's investors?
Wayve's investors include SoftBank Group, Nvidia, Microsoft, Eclipse Ventures, Baillie Gifford, D1 Capital Partners and 1 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.
Wayve is a London-based developer of end-to-end deep-learning AI software for self-driving vehicles. Founded by Alex Kendall and Amar Shah, Wayve takes a rule-free, self-learning approach to autonomous driving that contrasts with the HD-mapping methodology of Waymo and Cruise. The company raised $1.05B in Series C funding in May 2024 led by SoftBank with Nvidia and Microsoft participating, making it one of Europe's most-funded AI startups.

Company Profile

CEO
Alex Kendall
Founded
2017
HQ
London
Employees
501-1000
Total Raised
$1.3B
Growth
$1B+ Series C 2024; partnerships with global automakers
Last Round
Series C — $1.1B (May 2024) · Lead: SoftBank Group
IPO Status
Private

Fundraising Status

Series C · $1.1B · 2y 3mo ago
PrivateTotal raised $1.3B

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$182.32
Last round price / share
$535.08
vs last round
-65.9%
Open interest
1
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$535Last round$182Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+1.3%6-month+14.4%1-year+1716%All-time+1636%
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

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C$1.1BMay 2024SoftBank Group

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
22% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
107
via greenhouse
Product-build share
72%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 72% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 41 of 107 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month107Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering41Other21Data & ML15Research9Product8Ops & People5Sales & GTM3Hardware2Security2
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
ADAS Feature EngineerADAS Feature EngineerApplication Software EngineerApplication Software EngineerApplication Software Engineer - Embedded Software C++Application Software Engineer - Embedded Software C++
Counted from Wayve'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

Alex KendallAmar Shah

Investors

SoftBank Group · Nvidia · Microsoft · Eclipse Ventures · Baillie Gifford · D1 Capital Partners · Linse Capital

Products

  • AV2.0 self-learning autonomous driving software
  • Embodied AI foundation model
  • GAIA-1 generative world model
  • Lingo natural language AI driver

Competitors

Waymo · Cruise · Tesla FSD · Aurora Innovation · Mobileye · Comma.ai
Autonomous drivingEmbodied AISelf-driving carsFoundation modelsAV2.0SoftBank-backed
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.