Waabi Driver

Waabi is a Canadian autonomous driving company founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, with teams in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh. It positions its technology as a physical AI platform for autonomous trucks and robotaxis.

The Waabi Driver is a single AI model that serves as a shared driver for different vehicle types, covering highway and surface-street driving. Waabi works with Volvo Autonomous Solutions, Uber Freight and NVIDIA, and sells trucking directly to customers such as Warrior Logistics and Warp in Texas.

• Waabi Driver: One AI model that acts as a shared driver for trucks and robotaxis.
• Highway driving: Long-haul corridors such as I-35 in Texas.
• Surface-street driving: Supports a direct-to-customer operating model.
• OEM integration: Volvo VNL Autonomous runs on the Waabi Driver.
• Direct trucking service: Customer operations with Warrior Logistics and Warp.
• Research: Publishes generalization research and CVPR tutorials.

Technology benchmarking for large logistics groups planning long-haul autonomy. Research collaboration on AI driving models trained for mixed road conditions.

One AI driver model applies to trucks and robotaxis, which can lower integration effort. Surface-street driving supports a direct-to-customer trucking model. Works with an OEM partner for factory-built autonomous trucks.

Autonomous trucking developers are moving from testing to customer operations on long-haul corridors, with OEM partnerships for factory-built trucks. Vietnamese and Southeast Asian fleets follow this progress to judge when driverless freight could become practical.

Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun; legal entity Waabi Innovation Inc., headquartered in Canada. US$1 billion raised in January 2026. Investors listed include Uber, NVIDIA, Volvo, BlackRock, Porsche SE and Scania.