Mobileye announced its US robotaxi launch, positioning the company as both a supplier and operator in the autonomous vehicle industry.

Business Insider reports Tesla's Texas robotaxi fleet remains smaller than Waymo's autonomous vehicle operations.

Kodiak AI disclosed a $100 million raise at a steep discount, sending its shares lower after hours.

Chinese autonomous driving developer DeepRoute.ai says more than 300,000 cars are now equipped with its advanced driver assistance system.

Tesla has rolled out its driverless robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, marking a major expansion of its autonomous vehicle program.

Alphabet-owned Waymo opened its driverless ride-hailing service to select public riders in four new Texas and Florida cities, extending its North American lead ahead of rivals Tesla, Zoox, and Waabi.

Uber has unveiled Uber Autonomous Solutions, a new business division offering end-to-end infrastructure, user experience, and fleet operations services to help AV partners commercialize robotaxis and self-driving vehicles across more than 15 cities by end of 2026.

Waymo reveals generative simulation model built on Google DeepMind's Genie 3 to train self-driving systems on edge scenarios like extreme weather.

Alphabet's Waymo secures $16B funding to accelerate autonomous vehicle expansion to Tokyo, London, and 20+ cities with 400K weekly rides.

Seattle-based Overland AI secures $100M led by 8VC to scale ULTRA autonomous tactical vehicles for U.S. military off-road operations.

Seattle-based Overland AI secured $100 million in Series B funding led by 8VC to meet surging demand for its ULTRA autonomous tactical vehicles used by the US military. The company's technology enables off-road autonomous navigation in GPS-denied environments for dangerous combat engineering missions.

Alphabet's Waymo secures $16 billion in funding at $126 billion valuation to expand robotaxi operations to over 20 cities globally including London and Tokyo.

Major AI funding wave sees Waabi secure $1B for autonomous trucking, Decagon triple to $4.5B valuation, and PaleBlueDot AI reach unicorn status at $1B+.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the 'ChatGPT moment' for physical AI has arrived, unveiling the company's Alpamayo technology for autonomous vehicles at CES 2026. Huang predicts that robotaxis will be among the first to benefit from AI models that enable ubiquitous driverless cars, targeting a projected $13.6 trillion market by 2030.

Autonomous vehicle startup Waabi secures $1 billion funding with $750M Series C and $250M from Uber to deploy 25,000+ robotaxis on the ride-hailing platform.

Stanford's QuantiPhy benchmark demonstrates that current AI models struggle with basic physics reasoning, unable to accurately estimate speed, distance, and object sizes—a major roadblock for autonomous systems and robotics development.