Neal Freiman

And look out, Midwest.

Waymo is coming for you.

On Wednesday, it said it's laying the early groundwork for operations in Chicago, the first time Waymo would be venturing into a cold-weather city that has complex, often snowy driving conditions.

It's pretty clear that a quiet self-driving revolution is now underway, with Waymo leaving its rivals in the dust.

Go back to last year, and the Google-owned company was doing 200,000 paid rides per week in just three cities, SFLA and Phoenix.

At the end of last year, it was 400,000 in six cities, and by the end of 2026, it's aiming for 1 million rides per week in at least 10, probably more cities.

The money has followed.

Earlier this month, Waymo raised $16 billion at a valuation of $126 billion, leading to speculation that at some point, Google's going to spin this giant off.

Well, OK, wedding.

I love weddings, loves wedding songs.

And this might be a I don't like Cake by the Ocean.

I think that is overplayed.

OK, but there's another overplayed song that I really do love gets me out there.

And this is just off the top of my head.

Uptown Funk.

Runa Mars.

It's it's a really I like it.

You can you can say you don't like it, but that is a song that always gets me out on the dance floor.

I would love to talk about Tesla.

I think there's a reason that we're not talking about Tesla is because last year, Elon Musk said that half of the U.S.