Ed Ludlow

So let's end by me asking you this in case I don't speak to you for another year.

In a year's time, what are the metrics by which you as a leader in this company will judge success?

You know, you plan to launch in 20 cities, but you often point to different safety metrics and the miles driven internally.

What are you going to be holding the teams to account on?

And that's the measurement of success in the near term.

That's Waymo co-CEO Takedra Malkana.

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Waymo is widely seen as leading the robo-taxi race, but with competitors like Tesla on its heel, the Alphabet unit has no interest in hitting the brakes on growth.

In a wide-ranging interview, Waymo co-CEO Takedra Mawakana talked to us about expanding into foreign markets, ongoing safety investigations, and their recent mega-funding round.

Let's take a listen to that conversation now.

You've just raised $16 billion.