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Wayve

United Kingdom

The Series D reached ~$1.5B including Uber milestone capital, then added $60M from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm in April 2026; cumulative funding is roughly $2.8B, the most of any European AI-robotics company.

Updated 2026-07-09 · Last verified 2026-07-09

CountryGB
RegionEMEA
Segmentfoundation-model
Founded2,017
Funding (USD)$2.8B
Key productsEmbodied AI driving foundation model (AV2.0), Wayve Driver for consumer ADAS/AD, GAIA world model
Last round2026-02 · Series D · $1.2B
EMEA relevanceLondon-based Wayve is Europe's flagship embodied-AI company: its $1.2B Series D (February 2026, $8.6B valuation) drew NVIDIA, Microsoft, Uber plus automakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis. London robotaxi trials start in 2026, with consumer vehicles running its software from 2027.

Sources : TechCrunch (2026-02-24)CNBC (2026-02-24)The Next Web (2026-04-15)Wayve (2026-02-24)

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