Waabi, an autonomous driving startup founded by AI scientist Raquel Urtasun, has secured $200 million in funding to revolutionize the trucking industry by introducing AI-driven semis that can haul commercial cargo in Texas by 2025. With the backing of major players like Uber, Khosla Ventures, and Nvidia, Waabi is poised to succeed where others have failed. Urtasun’s innovative approach uses generative artificial intelligence to assess and respond to road conditions, making it more capable and cost-effective than rival approaches. The company’s software can reason like humans, understanding the consequences of its actions, and is refined through intense computer simulation training and on-road testing. With Waabi’s AI-first approach, the company aims to launch a driverless service and scale its product for multiple geographies, marking a significant milestone in the autonomous vehicle industry.
Waabi Revolutionizes Autonomous Trucking
Waabi’s AI driver is trained to understand the consequences of its actions – its reasoning about ‘if I’m doing this maneuver, then this will happen and therefore this is not a good thing.’
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