Mark Gurman

Now, Waymo is aiming to have a big year, adding new U.S.

and international markets.

The robo-taxi firm also recently raised $16 billion from Parent Alphabet and other outside investors.

Co-CEO Takedra Maracana sat down with us and discussed the company's plans, including whether it's considering an IPO.

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We do not yet have, although there has been progress toward just this week, a federal level framework set of rules.

What do you think the direction of travel is with that?

And, you know, clearly, if you had to deal with one set of rules and not a city by city, let alone state by state basis or case, you'd be making a bit more progress, I suppose.

New York City.

New York City, not necessarily New York State.

A lot of people want to know what's the roadblock there, pardon the expression, and what's the timeline?

You know, you work closely with the authorities, but that is a big potential market.

Do they have the rules for you to follow?

And until that changes...

San Francisco, the Bay Area, is my home.

London's where I grew up.

And I was studying the map of the boroughs that you proposed to launch in.

And you correct me if my math is wrong, but just based on those boroughs, at launch, this seems to be the biggest citywide deployment from the start that you guys will have done.

Is that correct?

Right.