Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve | TechCrunch
Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.
Why this matters for talent
A CFO leaving Waymo, the market's most funded robotaxi operator, for a company still building toward commercial scale says something about where Wayve's growth story stands. Finance leadership hires like this typically precede a funding round or an IPO conversation, not a pause. Wayve lists 163 openings on the board, and a strengthened finance bench is usually followed by growth in the functions that support it: legal, people operations, and program management.
137 likes · 0 comments · 6 shares · Read the original LinkedIn post · full article. Curated by Larry Sherwood Jr. from company announcements; analysis above is my own.