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Overview

Business
Self-driving cars
Founded
17 years ago
Jan 17, 2009
Employees
3,000
TrueUp
Rank
#376
Valuation
$126 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#58
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed

Waymo is a Self-driving cars company with 418 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
418
TrueUp
Rank
#88
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
216
(52%)
2.
Artificial Intelligence
60
(14%)
3.
Business Operations & Program Management
59
(14%)
4.
Engineering (Hardware)
25
(6%)
5.
Marketing & Growth
19
(5%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States
334
(80%)
2.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ San Francisco Bay Area
305
(73%)
3.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ New York City
30
(7%)
4.
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Poland
26
(6%)
5.
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Warsaw, Poland
26
(6%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
C++
185
(44%)
2.
Python
153
(37%)
3.
SQL
75
(18%)
4.
LLM
56
(13%)
5.
PyTorch
45
(11%)

Financials

Valuation
$126billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Feb 2026
Most recent funding
4 months ago ($16.0 billion)
Total funding
$27.1 billion
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$98.9 billion
Valuation per employee
$42.0 million
TrueUp
Rank
#194

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
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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
Automotive
2026
#1
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
Overall
2025
#1
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Layoffs

Oct 2023 Β· 3 years ago
200 impacted
Jul 2023 Β· 3 years ago
50 impacted
Jan 2023 Β· 3 years ago

Policies

Open jobs that are remote
3% (11 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
158
TrueUp
Rank
#77

External research

Sequoia logo
Sequoia
Feb 2026
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Job openings
418
Employees
3,000
Founded
17 years ago
Valuation
$126 billion
Trajectory Score
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Valuation
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Trajectory Score
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