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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.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
We started the month with the Grammys.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
We had a host of activations there.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
Then the Super Bowl.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
You have to check out Waymo.
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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.
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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.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
Like that's what we're really focused on.
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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
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
opportunity to fund.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
And so we just feel humbled.
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Special Edition: Waymo co-CEO on the Road to 1 Million Robotaxi Rides a Week
But also, there's a lot to do.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.