Wayve
ACTIVEBritish company developing end-to-end self-learning software for autonomous driving based on Embodied AI (AV2.0).
Wayve
Founded 2017 · London, United KingdomWayve is a British technology company headquartered in London, founded in 2017 by Alex Kendall and Amar Shah, researchers from the University of Cambridge. The company develops end-to-end self-driving software (AV2.0 / Embodied AI), where a single model learns to drive directly from data without hand-coded rules or HD maps. Its flagship product, Wayve AI Driver, is licensed to automakers across multiple automation levels. Wayve also publishes research (including the GAIA and LINGO models) and operates fleet tests in multiple cities worldwide. Strategic partners include Uber, Nissan and Stellantis, and investors include NVIDIA, Microsoft, SoftBank, Mercedes-Benz, Ocado, AMD, Arm and Qualcomm.
Founders
Domain of activity
5 areas · 7 technologies · 2 industries- Autonomous systems
- Embodied AI
- Computer Vision
- World models
- Simulation & training environments
- Embodied AI
- Foundation Models
- World models
- Computer vision
- Reinforcement Learning
- Generative AI
- Simulation
- Automotive
- Transport & mobility
Global presence
HQ London · 6 offices · 4 regionsScale & funding
founded 2017 · Series DOrganizational relations
4 strategic relationsStrategic relations
4- Funded byNVIDIAInvestor in Series C (2024) and Series D (2026). Wayve development vehicles also use NVIDIA Orin SoC.
- Funded byMicrosoftStrategic investor (Series B, C, D). Wayve runs its cloud infrastructure largely on Microsoft Azure.
- Funded byAMDInvestor in the Series D round (2026).
- Compute partnerQualcommPartnership to accelerate rollout of the AI-powered self-driving system, and an investor.
Profile & metadata
4 classification · 7 external linksClassification
- Statusactive
- Development stagegrowth
- Listed onNo
- Organization typeStartup