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Takedra Mawakana

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
224 total appearances

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Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And so we've had a number of them, obviously.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

We started the month with the Grammys.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

We had a host of activations there.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

Then the Super Bowl.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And then, of course, we have the All-Star Weekend coming in Los Angeles.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And so we're just finding this intersection of everyday life.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And then real enthusiasm, because a lot of people came to the Bay Area for the Super Bowl and were not in their city.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And it's the thing they had heard from their friends in the area.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

You have to check out Waymo.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And so we saw so many downloads and so many happy riders while they were here.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

You know, we are just laser focused on execution, you know, building Waymo to be financially responsible, operationally excellent, and then make sure we maintain the safety culture.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

Like that's what we're really focused on.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

Having this vote of confidence, as you said, not only from Alphabet, but from our three co-leads from this round and from all of the new investors who decided to join our cap table and the existing ones who doubled down on their belief that this is the right

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

opportunity to fund.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And so we just feel humbled.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

But also, there's a lot to do.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

So we're just really focused on making sure that we can scale, focusing on our two first international launches, London and Tokyo, and scaling across the United States.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

Yeah, if the regulatory climate of a city is welcoming, then we can show up and map and launch in a couple of months like we did in Miami.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

You know, that's a city where, you know, they were welcoming and they were ready and we were ready.

Bloomberg Tech
Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week

And so we showed up, you know, we have a fleet operating partner and we were able to launch quite quickly after we first arrived.