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Tekedra Mawakana

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
209 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

And there are many, many things to be learned as we go.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Right.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Like some markets are still not open and they're really important transportation hubs around the world like New York City.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

You know, and so we were the first company to receive a testing permit where we had driver supervision of fully autonomous testing in the city.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

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.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

But, you know, this is going to be a path to actually figuring out the regulatory landscape.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Yeah, so first and foremost, when we think about 2026, just the year ahead of us, execution, execution, execution.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

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.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

making sure that we are continuing to cost down our hardware stack and prove out our unit economics while scaling our fleet.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

And so we have our fully electric I-PACE fleet.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

We are starting to introduce the OHI vehicles.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

And then you will see the IONIQ 5s come online.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

And so making sure that we are investing for the long term for a sustainable business is what we're really focusing on.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

You will this year be able to.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Right now, we've only throughout 2025, in the beginning of this year, had employees in three cities.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Yes.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Yes.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Yes.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Super Bowl is a reminder for us that Waymo is part of the fabric of the Bay Area.

Bloomberg Talks
Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana Talks Global Expansion

Right.