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And we believe now with Governor Hochul that we will be able to be the first company to launch in New York City or New York State.
But, you know, this is going to be a path to actually figuring out the regulatory landscape.
Yeah, so first and foremost, when we think about 2026, just the year ahead of us, execution, execution, execution.
So scaling across these 20 cities that we're laying the groundwork for, continuing to grow our world-class team is obviously super important to us.
making sure that we are continuing to cost down our hardware stack and prove out our unit economics while scaling our fleet.
And so we have our fully electric I-PACE fleet.
We are starting to introduce the OHI vehicles.
And then you will see the IONIQ 5s come online.
And so making sure that we are investing for the long term for a sustainable business is what we're really focusing on.
You will this year be able to.
Right now, we've only throughout 2025, in the beginning of this year, had employees in three cities.
Yes.
Yes.
Super Bowl is a reminder for us that Waymo is part of the fabric of the Bay Area.
Right.
Like people were able to hail rides from SFO, from San Jose Airport.
People were able to get to and from the Levi's Stadium.
You know, we obviously did a lot of fun activations with influencers.
But it's just a reminder that people are using the Waymo service in everyday errands, doctor's appointments, you know, getting kids to practice in big life moments, weddings, picking up a child from daycare, having a baby.
You know, going to the hospital pregnant, coming home from the hospital with a newborn, and then these large cultural moments.