Wayve
Physical AI · robotics · EU
Wayve was valued at $8.6B as of 24 February 2026 (verified). Source: CNBC, Nvidia, Microsoft back self-driving firm Wayve as it hits $8.6 billion valuation ($1.2B Series D led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2).
London company (founded 2017) building end-to-end embodied AI for driving: one learned driving model rather than a stack of hand-written rules and HD maps, licensed to carmakers and fleets rather than run as a robotaxi service of its own.
- Valuation
- $8.6B
- Confidence
- verified
- As of
- 24 February 2026
- Layer
- Physical AI · robotics
- Signal
- embodied AV models
- Website
- wayve.ai
Relationships (2)
Notes
London company (founded 2017) building end-to-end embodied AI for driving: one learned driving model rather than a stack of hand-written rules and HD maps, licensed to carmakers and fleets rather than run as a robotaxi service of its own. The $1.2B Series D announced 2026-02-24 at an $8.6B post-money was led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with NVIDIA, Microsoft and Uber in and the carmakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis participating; Uber committed up to a further $300M of milestone-based capital, which is why the company's own release puts the round at $1.5B. Total capital raised is about $2.6B. An $85M employee tender in June 2026 transacted at the same $8.6B, so the February mark is still the live one. It is one of the most valuable AI companies in Europe and had never been on this map.
Sources
- CNBC, Nvidia, Microsoft back self-driving firm Wayve as it hits $8.6 billion valuation ($1.2B Series D led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2) 2026-02-24
- Wayve (company release), Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform (round total including Uber's up-to-$300M milestone capital) 2026-02-25
- Seeking Alpha, Self-driving startup Wayve raises $1.2B from Microsoft, Nvidia, Uber at $8.6B valuation 2026-02-24
- Balderton (investor release), Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform 2026-02-25
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