Waymo officially expands to Berkeley as physical AI startup wave builds in the Bay Area
jfiance · x · 2026-09-07
Waymo is officially rolling out service to Berkeley. The author, an investor near campus, sees the timing as fitting given the rise of physical AI — robotics, autonomous systems, and AI that operates in the real world.
Berkeley DeepDrive has researched autonomous driving for years within the BAIR ecosystem, and The House Fund has hosted mobility conferences on the space. Founders are increasingly building on this research, and the fund is seeing more robotics and physical AI pitches. The author is happy to volunteer as a Waymo customer.
More from Companies & People
- Kai-Fu Lee publishes AI Native, a roadmap for building AI-native companies — kaifulee · 2026-10-26
- 'Indians are terrible at marketing': jab amid debate over lab leaders' RSI claims — vishalmisra · 2026-10-26
- Foursquare Co-founder Dennis Crowley to Discuss BeeBot, an AI Walking Guide App, in NYC — smtabatabaie · 2026-10-26
- SpaceX AI revenue up 830%, Claude designs 318K antivenom proteins in 64 hours — PeterDiamandis · 2026-10-26
- 48-Hour AI Creative Ads Contest Hits Harvard and MIT, Nov 5-7 — ordax · 2026-10-26
- Anthropic files S-1 with an all-time great risk factor, traders note — austinc3301 · 2026-10-26