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Waymo, the robotaxi unit of Alphabet, is finalizing a $16b funding round at a $110b valuation, per the FT. Participants would include Dragoneer, Sequoia Capital, a16z, and Mubadala. axios.link/4qU05Wp

  1. Sebastian Thrun in SF (CEO @ Sage AI Labs)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Waymo (7.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Udacity ($240M from A16Z, CRV, GV —> acquired by Accenture), Kitty Hawk Corporation (acquired by Boeing), and VuTool (acquired by Google), Adjunct Professor @ Stanford

    3. Description: “Thrun is running a small stealth start-up at the intersection of AI and e-commerce.”

    4. Twitter

  2. Xinchen Yan in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Research Scientist @ Waymo (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Research Scientist & Co-Creator to Veo 1/2/3 @ DeepMind & Uber ATG, Michigan PhD

    3. Description: Left DeepMind on 1/26 with no updates

    4. Twitter

  3. Peter Dolan in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Sr Staff SWE & Eng Manager @ Waymo (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Research Manager @ OpenAI, Sr Staff Research Eng Team Lead @ DeepMind, Staff SWE @ Google, UC Berkeley BA

    3. Description: Left OpenAI on 3/24 with no updates

  4. Shubham Gupta in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: SWE of Behavior Prediction @ Waymo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Eng @ Parallel Web Systems ($100M from KP, Index, Spark, Khosla, FRC), Research Eng @ Bloomberg, Masters @ UCSD

    3. Description: Left Parallel on 11/25. “Something new.”

    4. [email protected]

  5. Jaime Waydo in US (Founder @ Curio Studio)

    1. Role: Chief Engineer & Head of Systems Eng @ Waymo (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CTO @ Whoop, Co-Founder & CTO @ Canvue ($130M from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners and Ford), Chief Eng for Autonomy @ Apple, Lead Mechanical Systems Eng @ NASA

    3. Description: “Building at the intersection of engineering, design, and human experience. Flagship product is an interactive adventure reimagining how play, health, and technology come together.”

    4. Site

  6. Marton Sziraczki in Boston (Stealth)

    1. Role: Chief of Staff & Head of Ops @ Waymo (6 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Governance & Risk Mgmt @ Google Fiber, CEO’s Office @ UBS, HBS

    3. Description: “Building a groundbreaking new company focused on next-gen physical intelligence to re-kindle American dynamism in Manufacturing, Logistics and Operations!”

  7. Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes in London (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: IR, Fundraising & Corp Dev @ Waymo (4.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CEO @ Latent Logic (1st Waymo acquisition), Associate Partner @ Oliver Wyman, Oxford BA

    3. Description: EIR @ Oxford Science Enterprises

  8. Mark Stevens & Raz Mathias in NYC (Potential Founders)

    1. Role: Sr Staff SWE & Eng Manager @ Waymo (5.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founders & CTO / Chief Architect @ Wiser AI (backed by Abstract), SWE @ Google, MIT MS & CS

    3. Description: Mark left Stealth Startup on 6/25 and Raz left Wiser on 1/26 with no updates

  9. Jordan W in DC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Waymo (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Intercept ($15M from Align Ventures), MIT MEng & CS

    3. Description: Left Intercept on 12/24 with no updates

  10. Deepak Jindal in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sr Staff SWE @ Waymo (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Staff SWE & Founding Member for Search & Adsense @ Google, Head of Eng @ Nuna

    3. Description: Left Nuna on 2/23. “Taking a break”

  11. Neeraj Prasad in US (Founder @ Dawn Labs)

    1. Role: ML Researcher @ Waymo (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Eng @ Blur ($11M from Paradigm), Systems SWE @ Citadel, MIT CS

    3. Description: “Cursor for Trading”

    4. [email protected]

  12. Feifei Duan in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: MLE @ Waymo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Robotics SWE @ Chef Robotics, UPenn MS

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/25

  13. Josh in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: SWE @ Waymo (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE & Tech Lead, Core Gemini Contributor @ DeepMind, Stanford MS

    3. Description: “Vertical AI Agent”

  14. Sam Liu in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Perception Tech Lead @ Waymo (6.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Google, University of Illinois BS

    3. Description: “Building creativity for LLMS”

    4. Twitter, GH (13K LTM contributions)

  15. Christoph Albrecht in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Staff SWE & Team Lead @ Waymo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Staff Research Eng @ Math Inc, Staff SWE @ Google, ML Performance Eng @ Covariant, University of Bonn PhD

    3. Description: Left Math Inc on 12/25 with no updates

    4. [email protected]

  16. Heejin Jeong in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sr MLE @ Waymo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Principal AI PM @ Together AI, UPenn PhD

    3. Description: “Building something new in AI”

  17. Joshua Liu in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sr HWE @ Waymo (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Ground Systems @ Zipline, Eng Manager @ Tesla, Berkeley ME & EECS

    3. Description: “We are a VC backed hardware robotics company in health tech space”

  18. Norman Mu in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Research Intern @ Waymo (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Member of Technical Staff @ xAI (1 yr), Grad Student Researcher & PhD @ UC Berkeley, Visiting Researcher @ Google

    3. Description: Left xAI on 12/25. LI status says “Figuring out what’s next”

    4. Twitter, Site, [email protected]

  19. Di Huang in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Staff SWE & Foundation Model Tech Lead @ Waymo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Tech Lead & Staff SWE @ Google

    3. Description: Stealth since 12/24

    4. [email protected]

  20. Skyler Salman in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Manager & HW Test @ Waymo (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Manager @ Cruise & Rivian, Lead @ Google & Boeing

    3. Description: “Building a platform for teams scaling real hardware: robotics, EVs, and industrial tech.”

  21. Luke Kulik in SF (Founder @ Nema) - Series A Lead

    1. Role: Product Lead @ Waymo (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & Chief Eng @ MIT Driverless, Consultant McKinsey, MIT MS

    3. Description: “AI agents that accelerate the design of autonomous machines. Ship breakthrough products faster with smart engineering lifecycle management.”

    4. Funding: Backed by 43, BoxGroup, and Backwords Capital

  22. Daniel Avraham in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of Tech & Infra Growth @ Waymo (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Associate @ Bain, First Lieutenant @ IDF, HBS, Oxford MS, Yale BS

    3. Description: Stealth since 2024

  23. Jennifer Taylor in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Waymo (6.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Google, Harvard AB

    3. Description: Left Waymo on 4/23. “Taking a nice long break!”

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