It's Waymo's world. We're just living in it. ?
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The company behind the robotaxi revolution tops the Most Innovative Companies list at No. 1 this year. Dmitri Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana, featured on the cover of our Spring magazine issue, are the pair of co-CEOs leading the charge. ?
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Waymo didn’t begin offering autonomous rides to members of the public until 2020. By the end of 2023, it had logged more than 1 million of them. In 2024 alone, its ride-hailing service, branded as Waymo One, completed more than 4 million more. ?
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With 700-plus cars on the road, what was long regarded as one of Google’s most idiosyncratic science projects finally feels real.?