Waymo Marks 15 Years of Development, Hits 500K Weekly Rides

Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov shared that while their first fully autonomous demo took 18 months, building a commercial product required 15 years. The company now completes 500,000 trips weekly across 15 cities.

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