About Waymo
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. It operates Waymo One, a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service, across multiple U.S. cities, and develops the Waymo Driver — a full-stack self-driving system integrating custom sensors, software, and AI. The company traces its origins to Google's Self-Driving Car Project, launched in 2009, and became an independent Alphabet subsidiary in 2016.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$27.1B
Last stage
Series D
Investors
Founders
Sebastian Thrun
Stanford AI professor who conceived and led Google's Self-Driving Car Project (Project Chauffeur), which became Waymo. Previously led the Stanford Racing Team that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.
LinkedInAnthony Levandowski
Early Google self-driving car engineer and key technical co-founder of the project that became Waymo. Later founded Otto (acquired by Uber) and became the subject of a high-profile trade secret lawsuit.
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-CEO of Waymo since April 2021, previously served as COO.
Dmitri Dolgov
Co-CEO of Waymo since April 2021, previously served as CTO.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.