Why Uber, Nissan, and Mercedes Chose This Self-Driving Startup | Alex Kendall, Wayve

Wayve CEO Alex Kendall discusses their contrarian, AI-first approach to autonomous driving. He explains their journey from a garage prototype using reinforcement learning to developing a generalizable AI driver that has driven zero-shot in over 500 cities. Kendall emphasizes a strategy focused on licensing this embodied AI for mass-market consumer vehicles—a 100-million-unit-per-year opportunity—rather than building bespoke robotaxis, arguing that the future is an AI that can drive any car, anywhere.