Business Culture & Policy News Alphabet’s moonshots impacted in fresh layoffs, 137 employees laid off in Waymo Instances of layoffs have been increasingly frequent over the past months, as… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 2, 20232 minute read
Business Futurism News Alphabet’s Waymo raises $2.5 billion in second external funding round Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. and Google’s former self-driving project, has… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 16, 20212 minute read
Futurism News Driverless ride-hailing service Waymo will start catering to public in Phoenix While Tesla and other automobile companies have been making strides in autonomous… Shashank RajOctober 13, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google’s Waymo onboards former Tesla engineer as self-driving hardware lead Google’s spin-off self-driving division, Waymo is bulking up on its engineering talent… June 23, 2017No comments2 minute read
Futurism News Waymo bids adieu to its cute, compact self-driving prototype vehicle Google parent Alphabet’s spin-off self-driving division Waymo is focusing on its new… June 13, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Uber isn’t getting a stay in Waymo lawsuit, rules judge Uber’s request for a stay pending its appeal for arbitration, has been denied… Mudit MohilayJune 8, 2017No comments2 minute read
Futurism News Google’s Waymo kicks off early testing of self-driving trucks: Report With self-driving vehicles slated to become a definite reality in the next… June 2, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Google is expanding its Waze carpooling service to California Google’s carpooling service Waze is expanding its services throughout California. This also… Mudit MohilayMay 31, 2017No comments2 minute read
Startups In a blow to Uber, Judge orders it to hand over unredacted term sheet with Otto, to Waymo The legal battle between Uber and Waymo has taken a new turn. Judge… Mudit MohilayMay 26, 2017No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy News Uber threatens to sack Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of Waymo’s accusations Alphabet’s Waymo and Uber are presently embroiled in a fierce legal battle… May 20, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Court ruling stipulates that Uber can continue its self-driving work, as long as Levandowski is not involved with LiDAR Uber and Waymo have been at loggerheads since the past few months… Mudit MohilayMay 15, 2017No comments3 minute read
Consumer Tech News Waymo and Lyft join hands to conduct on-road self-driving car trials In a move which can further hurt Uber’s self-driving efforts, Alphabet’s spin-off… May 15, 2017One comment2 minute read
Culture & Policy Futurism News Sorry Uber, Waymo’s lawsuit against your shady self-driving practices is now going to trial In the ongoing court battle between Waymo and Uber, U.S District Judge… May 12, 2017No comments4 minute read
News Startups Judge tells Waymo that it had yet to present compelling evidence against Uber The case between Uber and Waymo is reaching a head today. While… Mudit MohilayMay 4, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Waymo claims Anthony Levandowski received a massive $250 million in Uber stock for Otto, the day after he left the Google subsidiary The Waymo versus Uber case is yielding all sorts of interesting nuggets… Mudit MohilayMay 4, 2017No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy News Uber’s self-driving ambitions maybe in jeopardy, due to heated court battle against Waymo By now, everyone aware of the happening within the tech world knows… May 3, 2017No comments3 minute read
News Startups Waymo blames Levandowski for taking knowledge about things like ‘diode spacing” to Uber Anthony Levandowski has invoked the fifth amendment to protect him from inadvertently… Mudit MohilayApril 26, 2017No comments3 minute read
News Startups Uber must provide Waymo with data regarding its Otto acquistion, rules court The legal battle between Uber and Waymo continues apace. In what can… Mudit MohilayApril 26, 2017No comments2 minute read
Consumer Tech News Waymo’s self-driving minivans are ready to initiate a public test on the roads of Arizona Waymo, the spin-off self-driving division born out of Alphabet last year, has… April 25, 20174 comments3 minute read
News Startups Waymo is now accusing Uber of hiding a ‘secret’ LiDAR device In a new twist against Alphabet’s self-driving car subsidiary Waymo’s battle against… Mudit MohilayApril 22, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Uber denies Waymo’s allegations, says it still uses commercially available LiDAR In what has the potential to turn the whole issue Topsy-Turvy, Uber… Mudit MohilayApril 7, 2017No comments3 minute read