Robotics Institute faculty Raquel Urtasun has launched Waabi, a company aiming to bring self-driving tech closer to commercialization than ever before. “My life’s mission is to solve [autonomous driving] at scale so that everybody can benefit from this technology,” Urtasun said in an interview.
It’s one of the largest rounds of initial financing ever raised by a Canadian startup. The launch has received extensive media coverage, with articles from TechCrunch, BetaKit, the Globe and Mail, and Forbes.
You can catch her keynote as part of our upcoming AV Workshop next week.
Congratulations, Raquel!