Alex Kendall, CEO of Wayve, will be speaking at the Long Horizon summit. In 2017, he founded Wayve on the idea that a car could learn to …
Alex Kendall, CEO of Wayve, will be speaking at the Long Horizon summit. In 2017, he founded Wayve on the idea that a car could learn to drive from experience - no HD maps, no hand-coded rules. Nine years later, that AI…
Why this matters for talent
Wayve going into production vehicles with Nissan and Stellantis while launching its first robotaxi service in London and Tokyo this year is the kind of milestone that triggers a headcount ramp. Partnerships with tier-one OEMs and live commercial operations in two cities simultaneously require integration engineers, program managers, and local operations talent at a scale that pure R&D does not. The talent market for end-to-end AI driving expertise is thin, which makes Wayve a high-signal employer to track.
Read the original LinkedIn post. Curated by Larry Sherwood Jr. from company announcements; analysis above is my own.