
据知情人士透露,Alphabet旗下自动驾驶部门Waymo正计划通过新一轮融资筹集约160亿美元资金,本轮融资完成后,其估值将接近1100亿美元。
据知情人士透露,Alphabet将向这家自动驾驶出租车公司注资约130亿美元,剩余资金将来自包括红杉资本(Sequoia Capital)、DST Global和Dragoneer Investment Group在内的新投资方。鉴于相关讨论涉及未公开信息,这些人士要求匿名。另有部分知情人士表示,Mubadala Capital也参与了本轮融资。
知情人士表示,Waymo或于2月完成本轮融资。该公司上一轮融资于2024年10月完成,当时公司估值超450亿美元,由谷歌母公司Alphabet领投。
Waymo在一份声明中表示:“我们不对未公开的财务事宜置评,但公司的发展路径十分明确:目前已完成超2000万次出行服务,我们正聚焦安全导向的运营效能提升与技术壁垒构建,以满足自动驾驶出行领域的庞大市场需求。”
谷歌暂未回应置评请求。Dragoneer、红杉资本和DST亦未立即回应置评请求。Mubadala则拒绝置评。
Waymo拟融资160亿美元,聚焦整车厂扩张
Waymo已在美国六座城市推出完全无人驾驶网约车服务,车内不再配备人类安全员,并向乘客收取费用,服务覆盖旧金山湾区、洛杉矶,同时通过优步科技公司(Uber Technologies Inc.)的应用在奥斯汀、亚特兰大提供出行服务。这家企业计划今年大幅拓展商业服务版图,进入美国更多城市,并进军英国市场。
众多企业正依托自动驾驶车队布局网约车市场。特斯拉公司(Tesla Inc.)计划推出自有出行服务,已采用限量部署模式,在奥斯汀开展无人驾驶运营(车内不设安全员);亚马逊公司(Amazon.com Inc.)旗下的Zoox研发的专用无人驾驶出租车(不配备驾驶操纵装置)已在拉斯维加斯大道投入运营,并在旧金山周边城市开展测试。
彭博社12月报道称,Waymo计划融资150亿美元,目标估值超1000亿美元。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
据知情人士透露,Alphabet旗下自动驾驶部门Waymo正计划通过新一轮融资筹集约160亿美元资金,本轮融资完成后,其估值将接近1100亿美元。
据知情人士透露,Alphabet将向这家自动驾驶出租车公司注资约130亿美元,剩余资金将来自包括红杉资本(Sequoia Capital)、DST Global和Dragoneer Investment Group在内的新投资方。鉴于相关讨论涉及未公开信息,这些人士要求匿名。另有部分知情人士表示,Mubadala Capital也参与了本轮融资。
知情人士表示,Waymo或于2月完成本轮融资。该公司上一轮融资于2024年10月完成,当时公司估值超450亿美元,由谷歌母公司Alphabet领投。
Waymo在一份声明中表示:“我们不对未公开的财务事宜置评,但公司的发展路径十分明确:目前已完成超2000万次出行服务,我们正聚焦安全导向的运营效能提升与技术壁垒构建,以满足自动驾驶出行领域的庞大市场需求。”
谷歌暂未回应置评请求。Dragoneer、红杉资本和DST亦未立即回应置评请求。Mubadala则拒绝置评。
Waymo拟融资160亿美元,聚焦整车厂扩张
Waymo已在美国六座城市推出完全无人驾驶网约车服务,车内不再配备人类安全员,并向乘客收取费用,服务覆盖旧金山湾区、洛杉矶,同时通过优步科技公司(Uber Technologies Inc.)的应用在奥斯汀、亚特兰大提供出行服务。这家企业计划今年大幅拓展商业服务版图,进入美国更多城市,并进军英国市场。
众多企业正依托自动驾驶车队布局网约车市场。特斯拉公司(Tesla Inc.)计划推出自有出行服务,已采用限量部署模式,在奥斯汀开展无人驾驶运营(车内不设安全员);亚马逊公司(Amazon.com Inc.)旗下的Zoox研发的专用无人驾驶出租车(不配备驾驶操纵装置)已在拉斯维加斯大道投入运营,并在旧金山周边城市开展测试。
彭博社12月报道称,Waymo计划融资150亿美元,目标估值超1000亿美元。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, is aiming to raise about $16 billion in a financing round that would value the unit at nearly $110 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
The parent company would provide about $13 billion to the robotaxi firm, while the rest would come from others, including new investors Sequoia Capital, DST Global and Dragoneer Investment Group, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Mubadala Capital is also investing in the round, some of the people said.
Waymo could close the funding round in February, the people said. The prior investment round, in October 2024, valued the company above $45 billion and was led by Alphabet, which also owns Google.
“While we don’t comment on private financial matters, our trajectory is clear: With over 20 million trips completed, we are focused on the safety-led operational excellence and technological leadership required to meet the vast demand for autonomous mobility,” Waymo said in a statement.
Google could not immediately be reached for comment. Dragoneer, Sequoia and DST did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Mubadala declined to comment.
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Waymo operates fully autonomous ridehailing, without a human safety monitor, and charges a fare for passengers in half a dozen US cities. That includes the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles and rides through Uber Technologies Inc.’s app in Austin and Atlanta. The startup plans to aggressively expand the commercial service this year to many more American cities, as well as to the UK.
There’s a large pool of companies chasing the market for ridehailing using fleets of cars that drive themselves. Tesla Inc. plans its own service and has limited autonomous operations, with no safety monitor, in Austin. Amazon.com Inc.’s Zoox has a purpose-built robotaxi with no driver controls operating on the Las Vegas strip and testing in other cities near San Francisco.
Bloomberg reported in December that Waymo was seeking to raise $15 billion at a more than $100 billion valuation.