Big money is betting the self-driving future belongs to a small club

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A Waymo robotaxi driving down a road
A vast majority of funding seen from the autonomous vehicle sector this year went to Alphabet's Waymo.

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Tesla's robotaxi timeline just got a little fuzzier

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A gray Tesla Model Y robotaxi approaches an intersection with a person sitting in the front seat.
Tesla changed the language around its robotaxi launch in five cities during its Wednesday earnings.

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Passenger says Tesla robotaxi missed a turn and tried to pull over on highway

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Tesla robotaxis are now serving the Dallas area.

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Driverless cars, meet your eye doctor

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A car parked in front of a robotic arm.
Kinetic services cars attached with sensors that will be critical for an autonomous future.

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Uber's deal blitz to stop a robotaxi monopoly

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Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

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Hyundai's Motional wants to deploy robotaxis at lower costs. Here are 5 takeaways from our chat with the CEO.

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A woman stepping out of a robotaxi
Laura Majors, CEO of Motional, a robotaxi company, told Business Insider she made the "hard decision" to pause commercial services two years ago.

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Former Uber CEO says Waymo is ahead in the robotaxi race — and Tesla is chasing a 'ChatGPT moment'

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Travis Kalanich
Travis Kalanick has unveiled a new automation startup, Atoms.

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Tesla says the first Cybercab just rolled off the production line at Gigafactory Texas

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Tesla Cybercab
Tesla said the first production Cybercab, a purpose-built robotaxi, rolled off the manufacturing line.

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Waymo is giving DoorDash drivers money to help shut the doors on its robotaxis

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A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on January 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
Waymo is paying DoorDash drivers to shut its doors.

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Behind robotaxis are thousands of humans helping the AI drive better

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Waymo robotaxis
Robotaxis are trained on data that have been annotated and labeled by humans around the world.

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