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Overview

Business
Self-driving cars
Founded
17 years ago
Jan 17, 2009
Employees
3,000
TrueUp
Rank
#260
Valuation
$126 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#60
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed

Waymo is a Self-driving cars company with 380 job openings. It is currently valued at $126 billion as a private company. 3,000 people work at Waymo. The company was founded in 2009.

Jobs

Open jobs
380
TrueUp
Rank
#96
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
199
(52%)
2.
Artificial Intelligence
56
(15%)
3.
Business Operations & Program Management
55
(14%)
4.
Engineering (Hardware)
24
(6%)
5.
Marketing & Growth
20
(5%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
馃嚭馃嚫 United States
314
(83%)
2.
馃嚭馃嚫 San Francisco Bay Area
291
(77%)
3.
馃嚭馃嚫 New York City
35
(9%)
4.
馃嚞馃嚙 London, UK
27
(7%)
5.
馃嚞馃嚙 United Kingdom
27
(7%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
C++
171
(45%)
2.
Python
149
(39%)
3.
SQL
72
(19%)
4.
LLM
53
(14%)
5.
JAX
44
(12%)

Financials

Valuation
$126billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Feb 2026
Most recent funding
5 months ago ($16.0 billion)
Total funding
$27.1 billion
Actual value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$98.9 billion
Valuation per employee
$42.0 million
TrueUp
Rank
#124

Culture

Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
70%
200+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 60% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov
86%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind

People

Employees
3,000
Source: Workforce.ai
Employee growth
+33.3%
past 12 months
Source: Workforce.ai
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Rankings and awards

TIME100 Most Influential Companies logo
TIME100 Most Influential Companies

Transportation

2026

Fast Company's Most Innovative logo
Fast Company's Most Innovative #1

Automotive

2026

TIME Best Inventions logo
TIME Best Inventions

Waymo Driver

2025

TIME100 Most Influential Companies logo
TIME100 Most Influential Companies

2025

Exceptional Startups List (by Tyler Hogge) logo
Exceptional Startups List (by Tyler Hogge)

2025

Fast Company's Most Innovative logo
Fast Company's Most Innovative #1

Overall

2025

Layoffs

Oct 20233 years ago

200 impacted

Jul 20233 years ago

50 impacted

Jan 20233 years ago

Policies

Open jobs that are remote
3% (10 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
158
TrueUp
Rank
#77
Compare to other companies
Job openings
380
Employees
3,000
Founded
17 years ago
Valuation
$126 billion
Trajectory Score
-
Job openings
214
Employees
3,000
Founded
13 years ago
Valuation
-
Trajectory Score
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Job openings
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Employees
900
Founded
13 years ago
Valuation
-
Trajectory Score
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