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by KKKKkkkk1 2259 days ago
I think you're missing the narrative that the self-driving industry is pushing here. They "solved the problem" and their fleets driving around "autonomously" is being done in order to demonstrate this to the public. A golf cart is obviously unsuitable for that purpose.

I think this narrative has run out of steam at this point, by the way. Waymo's valuation has gone from $175B to $105B to $30B since 2018. Zoox specifically is now laying off engineers.

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Waymo has had a single round with outside money, and that valued it at $30bn.
Wait, Zoox was valued at 175B at one point? Is this true? Can you point me to any resources on this?
GP said:

> Waymo's valuation has gone from $175B to $105B to $30B since 2018. Zoox specifically is now laying off engineers.

Waymo.

They said Waymo had that valuation.