Evidence-backed European AI register
Wayve
Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for Wayve.
Dataset compiled 2026-08-27 · evidence over inference
Reviewed identity
- Headquarters scope
- European non-EU headquarters
- Headquarters record
- London
- Legal entity
- Ltd (UK private limited company)
- Ownership
- VC-backed private
- Founded
- 2017
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
Evidence boundaries
Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.
Model listings
- Wayve embodied-AI driving foundation model (GAIA world model line)
- Type
- multimodal
- Parameters
- unknown
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- unknown
- Licence
- proprietary
- Release
- unknown
Profile note
Europe's most valuable AI company outside the pure-LLM labs at $8.6B, and the UK's biggest AI funding round ever (~$1.2–1.5B Series D, Feb 2026). Builds end-to-end embodied-AI driving foundation models rather than the map-and-rules stack used by most AV firms. Backers span the entire compute and automotive supply chain — NVIDIA, AMD, Arm, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis. Public robotaxi trials with Uber are planned to start in London in 2026, ahead of a rollout to 10+ markets. Round-size figures differ between sources ($1.2B vs $1.5B) because of the extension —…