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Wayve

DeepSeries C

Autonomous driving software that learns from human driving

🌐 wayve.aiLinkedInX / Twitter📍 UKEst. 2017👥 201-500 employees
4Rounds
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General InformationWayve is an autonomous driving AI software company based in London, UK with approximately 250-300 employees, founded in 2017 by Alex Kendall and Amir Saffar.
Funding & FinancialsWayve has raised over $200 million across multiple rounds including a Series C led by Microsoft and investment from Intel, with recent valuations placing the company in the unicorn range.
Leadership & TeamCEO Alex Kendall, a computer vision and AI researcher from Cambridge University, leads the company alongside co-founder Amir Saffar, with a team composed largely of AI researchers and roboticists from top institutions.
Recent ActivityIn 2024, Wayve announced its Series C funding round and partnerships with commercial fleet operators, demonstrating progress toward real-world deployment of its embodied AI technology for autonomous delivery and logistics vehicles.

Highlights

Total Raised
4 rounds
Latest Round
$60
May 22, 2026
Stage
Series C
deep-tech
Employees
201-500
Founded 2017
Headquarters
UK
News Coverage
Talent Signals
SEC Filings

Backers

AMD
Arm
Balderton Capital
Eclipse
Mercedes-Benz
Microsoft
Nissan
NVIDIA
Qualcomm Ventures
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Stellantis
Uber

Funding History

$60
2026
Series D Extension
$1.2
2026
Series D
$60
2026
Series D extension
$60
2026
Series D Extension
SEC Form D   Editorial
May 22, 2026
$60 millionSeries D Extension · Editorial

Investors: AMD, Arm, Qualcomm Ventures

Autonomous driving AI company; raised $60M Series D extension from semiconductor partners for silicon-layer distribution.

May 7, 2026
$60 millionSeries D extension · Editorial

Investors: AMD, Arm, Qualcomm Ventures

Wayve's AI Driver technology for autonomous vehicles received a strategic extension round focused on silicon-layer distribution.

May 4, 2026
$1.2 billionSeries D · Editorial

Investors: Eclipse, Balderton Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Stellantis

Autonomous driving company developing embodied AI for self-driving vehicles raised Series D to accelerate global deployment of its AI Driver platform.

Apr 22, 2026
$60 millionSeries D Extension · Editorial

Investors: AMD, Arm, Qualcomm Ventures

<cite index="31-2">Wayve, the leader in embodied AI for autonomous driving, announced a $60 million investment from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm Ventures, extending its Series D round.</cite>

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