Waymo
OrganizationHeard in 89 episodes across 33 shows since Jul 2024
Waymo LLC is an American autonomous driving technology company that operates commercial robotaxi services in several major U.S. cities. Originally started as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, it is now a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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Mentions of Waymo per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, across the podcasts PodLume Trends follows.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
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| Aug 29 | 0.20‰ | 1 |
| Aug 30 | 0.23‰ | 1 |
| Aug 31 | 0.25‰ | 1 |
| Sep 2 | 0.29‰ | 3 |
| Sep 3 | 0.33‰ | 3 |
| Sep 4 | 0.37‰ | 3 |
| Sep 5 | 0.41‰ | 2 |
| Sep 8 | 0.42‰ | 1 |
| Sep 9 | 0.50‰ | 5 |
| Sep 10 | 0.47‰ | 2 |
| Sep 11 | 0.37‰ | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 0.33‰ | 2 |
| Sep 17 | 0.20‰ | 4 |
| Sep 18 | 0.26‰ | 3 |
| Sep 19 | 0.28‰ | 1 |
| Sep 21 | 0.30‰ | 3 |
| Sep 22 | 0.35‰ | 2 |
| Sep 23 | 0.40‰ | 2 |
| Sep 24 | 0.41‰ | 4 |
| Sep 25 | 0.37‰ | 2 |
| Sep 27 | 0.37‰ | 1 |
| Sep 28 | 0.40‰ | 4 |
| Sep 29 | 0.41‰ | 2 |
| Sep 30 | 0.40‰ | 2 |
| Oct 2 | 0.35‰ | 4 |
| Oct 3 | 0.41‰ | 2 |
| Oct 4 | 0.44‰ | 2 |
| Oct 5 | 0.38‰ | 2 |
| Oct 6 | 0.38‰ | 2 |
| Oct 7 | 0.36‰ | 1 |
What experts have said about Waymo
15 statements · 10 positive · 3 negative · 1 mixed · 1 neutral
Waymo provides over 500,000 paid rides and travels over 6.4 million kilometres weekly.
“Waymos now travel more than 6.4 million kilometres each week and provide more than 500,000 paid rides.”
Open the episode · Our Monthly Portfolio Update - September 2026Listen at 12:09
Waymo leads the US robo-taxi market across 14 cities.
“Waymo remains the leader. It's now in 14 cities.”
Open the episode · Tesla’s robotaxi reality check, One Nation’s Super proposal & what would you do for $750k?Listen at 6:33
Waymo is vertically integrating and reducing costs through Chinese hardware sourcing.
“we're starting to see honest to goodness vertical integration here. And wouldn't also be surprised as Alphabet Waymo is starting to drive costs down”
Open the episode · Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283Listen at 1:43:08
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Episodes
89 episodes featuring Waymo, newest first
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