Ex-Google researcher Alex Toshev joins Wayve Labs as Research Director
CSProfKGD · x · 2026-08-19
Alex Toshev announced joining Wayve Labs as Research Director to lead a new team at the intersection of foundation models and robotics. The team will work on the full stack—from data to deployment—aiming to develop intelligence generalizable across manipulation, mobility, and embodiments. Toshev highlights the unique opportunity at Wayve Labs to combine frontier research with real-world embodied AI applications.
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