Dmitri Dolgov @dmitri_dolgov Twitter profile

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

1/ Some San Franciscans may have already noticed @Waymo cars with empty driver’s seats. Now it’s official: we’ve started fully autonomous operations in SF!

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2 years

Last week, we pushed an update to our 24x7 rider-only fleet in PHX and SF. Many improvements across the board, support for harsher weather and heavier rain (came in handy this week in both cities), and a slew of new features like parallel parking.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 months

Empirical data from ~15M RO miles shows the @Waymo Driver is better at avoiding crashes than human drivers where we operate. Here is a recent example from San Francisco, showcasing our Driver’s safety capabilities. Proud of the work our team is doing to make roads safer.

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@Waymo

3 months

New data shows that the Waymo Driver continues to make roads safer. Over 14.8M rider-only miles driven through the end of March, it was up to 3.5x better in avoiding crashes that cause injuries and 2x better in avoiding police-reported crashes than human drivers in SF & Phoenix.

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2 years

It’s been a year of tremendous progress for @Waymo . We’re ending it as the only company with a 24/7 rider-only service with no human driver in multiple cities, including airport rides, and even more ambitious plans for 2023. 🧵

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 month

To close out an exciting week for our company, here’s a video illustrating the positive impact the @Waymo Driver is making to improve road safety, one event at a time. Have a good and safe weekend, everyone.

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@dmitri_dolgov

19 days

Part of being a good driver is driving defensively while reasoning about things occluded from your view, and reacting quickly to any sudden changes in the scene. This is exactly what we’ve trained the @Waymo Driver’s AI to do and happy to see validation in real-life scenarios.

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@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

Exciting past month for the #WaymoDriver : advancing our rider-only operations across PHX, SF, and LA

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

12 days

Took a freeway ride with @Waymo around SF the other day. Employees only for now, but I couldn’t be more excited about future expansions this will unlock as we work on scaling, guided, as always, by our focus on safety.

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2 years

Following our recent expansion of 24x7 rider-only operations across all of SF and in downtown PHX, we’re forging ahead with advancing capabilities for future scope, e.g., freeways. Exciting road ahead! Here’s a snippet from my recent ride from our South Bay HQ to the SF office:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

As we continue to scale our rider-only service, 1000+ public @Waymo riders now have access to all of SF 24x7, including some of the densest, most difficult parts to drive. Proud of the team for this milestone. Onward!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Sensor cleaning is not the most talked-about aspect of AV tech, but tricky to get right and very important. Our automated cleaning system makes a big difference by ensuring the #WaymoDriver can see through a range of weather conditions like the heavy rain in SF this week.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Fully autonomous (no one behind the wheel) #WaymoOne service on 5th-gen Driver is now available in downtown PHX to everyone. 24/7, no NDAs, no waitlists. Just download the Waymo app and go. In the week leading up to welcoming public riders, I spent time in PHX using our service🧵

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

It’s official—LA is @Waymo ’s next ride-hailing city. Performance and generalizability of our 5th-gen system in SF and PHX and our experience in the broad domain from city streets to high-speed roads and freeways gives us confidence wrt deploying in LA next

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Fun video of the @Waymo Driver navigating the crowds after the @SFGiants game the other night! #SFGameUp

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@dmitri_dolgov

21 days

In May, we announced that we were offering 50k weekly trips. Today, we’re excited to share that we have doubled that number — all while ensuring a safe and delightful experience to our riders.

Tekedra N Mawakana

@TechTekedra

21 days

We’re building a safer future one ride at a time, and I’m thrilled to share that we've just surpassed 100k paid trips per week! Congratulations to the entire @Waymo team on this incredible milestone, and thank you to our riders who make this journey possible.

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Dmitri Dolgov

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3 years

With over a decade of experience in cities across the US, we’ve designed the #WaymoDriver to handle all kinds of complexity. SF has been a key city, where we’ve been testing since 2009. Check out how we’ve built the most experienced urban driver.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Following a rigorous cycle of validation and safety readiness evaluation, @Waymo is starting fully-autonomous (no human driver) testing in LA. Thrilled by the data confirming, once again, how well our ML-based 5th-gen Driver generalizes across cities!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

1/ The @Waymo Driver recently crossed 500k fully autonomous miles in Phoenix’s East Valley, where we’ve been providing a “rider-only” commercial service open to the public 24x7 starting October 2020.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

4 months

Earlier this year, we began testing the @Waymo Driver on Phoenix freeways in rider-only mode with our employees. Here’s a glimpse of freeway driving as we keep pushing forward to safely and responsibly scale our operations.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

11 months

A reliable ride-hail service means safely getting riders from A to B, rain or shine. Here’s the @Waymo Driver navigating Arizona’s monsoons last month. Always encouraging to see that what were once viewed as big challenges for AVs are now standard in our fully autonomous service.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

10 months

The @Waymo Driver is continuously learning. Here are some interesting recent moments as it traverses tunnels, sails through storms, navigates construction and tight alleys, and demonstrates good #drivership while sharing the road.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 months

Thank you Alphabet, Waymonauts, and, thank you Waymo One riders! This is a testament to the milestones we’ve reached together and the many more to come as we improve road safety and advance the World’s Most Experienced Driver. Cheers!

Tekedra N Mawakana

@TechTekedra

2 months

Alphabet has committed up to $5B to @Waymo . We are grateful for their immense vote of confidence in our team and recognizing the amazing progress we’ve made with our technology, product, and commercialization efforts.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

This week, NYC received 8+ inches of snow in an enormous winter storm. As the city begins to thaw, we’ve been collecting data for winter-performance analysis of the Waymo Driver across our stack. Check this out!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 months

San Francisco is where @Waymo got its start, and today’s news is a truly special moment for our company. After years of deliberately growing our operations, millions of rider-only miles, and tens of thousands of weekly trips, we’re thrilled to open up Waymo One to everyone in SF!

Waymo

@Waymo

3 months

We’re excited to announce that Waymo One is now open to SF riders — no more waitlist or invite codes! This is a key milestone in our mission to be the world’s most trusted driver, & we're thrilled to get more of you where you’re going safely. Ride today.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

8 months

Leveraging AI for semantic understanding of complex driving scenes is a key capability of the #WaymoDriver . Check out this example of it autonomously interpreting and adhering to a police officer directing traffic in Los Angeles.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

5 months

Applying the @Waymo Driver across a number of use cases has always been our vision, and we’re thrilled to extend our partnership with @Uber to food delivery. Watch the Waymo Driver arrive to pick up an @UberEats order from a local restaurant in Phoenix.

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@Waymo

5 months

Together, Waymo and @Uber are making all-electric, fully autonomous delivery a reality. Starting today, @UberEats Eats customers in the Metro Phoenix area may get matched with a fully autonomous Waymo car to get the items they crave.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

6 months

Excited about starting fully-autonomous ops in Austin, our 4th rider-only city, with significant territory right out of the gate. Proud of the @Waymo team for safely unlocking this milestone!

Saswat Panigrahi

@saswat101

6 months

We are excited to begin driving with no human at the wheel in #Austin tomorrow! The @Waymo Driver continues to impress after months of careful testing, and this milestone brings us a step closer to launching in our 4th ride-hail city. Check out Austin through our eyes:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

In 2021, we ramped up testing in San Francisco, driving a total of 2.7M auto miles. The volume and quality of this data has been key for training and evaluating our 5th-gen #WaymoDriver (all new HW, SW, vehicle) and ensuring safe operations in SF.

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2 years

Interesting video from a recent SF ride where the @Waymo Driver safely stopped for a cyclist coming down the wrong way from behind an occlusion—nice example of what we encounter daily and how our 5th-gen hardware & software work together to navigate complex dense urban situations

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

Austin, here we come! Early testing showed solid performance of the Waymo Driver right from the get-go (ML-primary paying off once again!), and we’re excited to begin an initial phase of operations in Austin this fall.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

According to the @USDOT , someone runs a red light every ~20 min. Proud of the work by our team to make roads safer, like in this situation where the @Waymo driver in fully-auto mode (no human in the driver’s seat) safely reacts to a car blowing through a red light in Phoenix.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

In the coming weeks, our commercial ride-hail service @Waymo One will become available to more SF residents. Exciting next chapter for Waymo and San Francisco!

Waymo

@Waymo

1 year

We’ve been waiting for this moment and now we can share it with you: Today, we received our paid driverless permit from the CPUC! In the coming weeks, we’ll begin charging fares for rider-only trips and welcoming new riders into Waymo One in San Francisco.

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Dmitri Dolgov

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2 years

Capabilities of our 5th-gen #WaymoDriver continue to increase, as we work to scale up our Waymo One service. One of the many dimensions of rapid progress is weather: rain, wet roads, puddles… the Waymo Driver handles all smoothly and safely.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

5 months

Was just in LA and used the @Waymo Driver to get around our 50+ sq mi territory from Downtown to Santa Monica. I always love checking out the latest version of our product in different cities. Excited to see our LA service grow this year!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Receiving the @californiapuc driverless pilot permit means we can now bring this rider-only experience to San Francisco residents. 24/7; no human driver. Download the Waymo One app and join the waitlist to ride with us!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Exciting news: we just got the @CA_DMV permit for fully autonomous operations (w/ no human driver) in LA!

Waymo

@Waymo

2 years

LA, this one’s for you: We’re pleased to share that the @CA_DMV has granted a modification to @waymo ’s Driverless Testing Permit, expanding our fully autonomous geography to include LA - our next ride-hail city. 🤖🚘🌴

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

4 months

50,000+ weekly rides and counting! Thank you to all our riders for letting us be a part of your daily lives.

Waymo

@Waymo

4 months

Our safe and deliberate approach to scaling the Waymo Driver is gaining traction, as we’re now serving more than 50,000 paid trips every week across three major cities. Thank you to our riders for trusting us to get you to your destinations safely and reliably.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Lots of interesting data from Los Angeles. To map the city, we use the same vehicles from our autonomous fleet powered by the fifth-generation Waymo Driver. Here’s a behind the scenes view of what the Waymo Driver saw going down Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica.

Waymo

@Waymo

3 years

Pedestrians. Buses. Traffic. One way streets. Each city moves with its own energy and culture. Thank you, LA, for providing our #WaymoDriver the opportunity to learn from you. Angelenos, give us a wave if you see our I-PACEs around town. 👋

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Dmitri Dolgov

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2 years

Using your own product is key. I’ve taken countless @Waymo rides with no one in the driver's seat – never gets old! I recently took a 1h rider-only trip in SF. Nothing extraordinary, which is the whole point. Can’t wait to make it available to more riders!

Taking a rider-only trip with the Waymo Driver in San Francisco

Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov recently took another rider-only trip around San Francisco. Watch as the #WaymoDriver reacts dynamically to other human drivers, cyclist...

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

We've clocked 1M rider-only miles with a safety record I’m proud of. Most exciting is that a good chunk of those are from 24x7 operations in the most difficult parts of SF & downtown PHX. It’s still early days for what 5th-gen #WaymoDriver will do, and it’s scaling exponentially

Waymo

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2 years

Making history: our first 1M miles with no human driver on public roads ✅. Here’s to millions more!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

6 months

Exciting next steps as we continue on our path of safely and deliberately expanding our service. @Waymo One will be available to select members of the public in Los Angeles starting tomorrow and to Austin riders later this year.

Waymo

@Waymo

6 months

Angelenos and Austinites: we’ve got news for you. Beginning tomorrow, we’ll start inviting members of our waitlist to ride with us permanently in LA. And in Austin, we’ll continue fully autonomous testing before welcoming public riders later this year. Read more:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

I’ve been working on autonomous driving for more than 15 years, since the 2007 DARPA challenge. My prediction in @WIRED for 2023? We’ll get a real glimpse of what a scalable, AV-enabled future will look like. 🧵

Road Robots Are Coming to the Rescue

Supply chains are clogged and driving is getting more dangerous. 2023’s autonomous vehicles could help fix both.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

NBD. Just another typical drive during rush hour in SF for the #WaymoDriver . 🤖🚘

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

@kvogt @Cruise What a great milestone, Kyle. Congrats to you and the team!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

The Waymo Driver never stops learning. Every novel situation our fleet encounters on the road helps further advance our system. Here’s a glimpse of some of our recent tech advancements, as well as areas where we continue to accelerate and improve.

The Waymo Driver's Rapid Learning Curve

Imagine if you could automatically learn from the driving experiences of others on the road, absorbing knowledge about all the complicated scenarios they've encountered. The Waymo Driver covers tens...

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

1/2 I was born and raised in Russia, and it absolutely breaks my heart to witness the horror of the war in Ukraine and see the pain, despair, and fear of the Ukrainian people, including many of my close ones directly affected.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

11 months

All of our riders now have access to the entire city of San Francisco (around the clock)! Seeing strong performance from the @Waymo Driver, great demand, and overwhelmingly positive feedback from our riders.

Waymo

@Waymo

11 months

SF, you asked, and we listened. Beginning today, riders can use Waymo One across our expanded service area—covering nearly 47 square miles of the city. We can’t wait to see all the places you choose to ride with Waymo One!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

@Waymo 2/ This is our second rider-only achievement in a new city and marks the next phase of acceleration and scaling. Building on our experience in Phoenix’s East Valley, we were able to quickly ramp up our SF operations and safely remove the human driver from behind the wheel.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Expanded our rider-only (no human driver) 24x7 operations to all of SF and doubled the downtown PHX area including @SkyHarbor airport. Proud and inspired by what the team accomplished this year, leveraging some mind-blowing AI/ML advances. More exciting milestones ahead… onward!

Waymo

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2 years

Today we’re proud to announce: ➡️ We’re the first AV company to launch a commercial service to an airport ➡️ We just doubled our #DTPHX territory in a matter of weeks ➡️ We’re now rider-only 24/7 in all of #SF We’re leading the way forward.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

10 months

AI driving me to talk about AI with @jameswilsterman at the Cerebral Valley AI Summit

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

9 months

We are continuing to build up robust empirical evidence demonstrating strong safety performance of the #WaymoDriver . Our latest analysis over 7M+ rider-only miles introduces clear benchmarks to human crash rates and shows far fewer injury-causing and police-reportable crashes.

Waymo

@Waymo

9 months

We published two new papers: one that compares the Waymo Driver’s crash rates to human drivers’ over 7M+ rider-only miles across Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles; and another that develops clear human crash benchmarks to enable such comparison.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

@Waymo 5/ This was a magical moment -- another one to add to a list of exciting steps in Waymo’s history that I’ll never forget. I’m so proud to work with the amazing Waymo team and grateful for everyone’s creativity, commitment, and passion! Now onto the next chapter!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

1/4 There are many discussions across the industry about the role and need for various sensors in the autonomous driving stack. When it comes to full autonomy, it’s not about one single sensor, but building a tightly integrated suite that seamlessly works together.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 month

From the Model T to the DeLorean, and now @Waymo vehicles, @Petersen_Museum showcases transportation's evolution. It’s an honor to join this iconic collection!

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@Waymo

1 month

This exhibit capturing the last 15 years of our work puts into perspective how far we’ve come. And still, so much of our history is yet to be written. Check out the new Waymo exhibit at the @Petersen_Museum and grab an invitation to access Waymo One in LA while supplies last.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Exciting announcement for my first tweet: We’re starting up an engineering presence in the great city of #Pittsburgh and looking forward to expanding our talented team.

Waymo

@Waymo

3 years

Top academic institutions. Strong engineering talent. World-class robotics experts. 🎓⚙️🤖 Pittsburgh has all of these and more, and it’s why we're excited to announce that we’re hiring for our newest location in the City of Bridges. See our new roles:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

1/3 I’m often asked how we test new tech. Our core eval is based on large-scale billions-of-miles sim, grounded in millions of miles of real-world driving, and aided by targeted tests. Here’s a peek at a recent closed-course test of the 5th-gen @Waymo Driver cleaning & perception

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

@Waymo Oh, and I didn’t notice this motorcycle busting a wheelie until reviewing the video, but the #WaymoDriver sure did. Par for the course in SF!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Good stress test of our public rider-only service in Phoenix during the Super Bowl week, with a significant spike in demand, which our fleet handled well (average ETA at ~5min). Great to see many happy riders and new customers!

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

The Waymo Driver has rain covered. This winter, we had valuable experience operating our rider-only service in SF, during one of the craziest CA storm seasons in ~100 years. But Miami and the southeastern US take rain to another level. Looking forward to more practice!

Waymo

@Waymo

1 year

Waymo is excited to return to Miami for weather testing as we continue developing our autonomous driving technology to navigate a diverse range of environments 🌴🌧️

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

It was fantastic sitting down with @alexandr_wang to talk about @Waymo ’s tech that enabled the world’s first fully autonomous ride-hailing service, informs our testing in SF, and powers trucking. Here’s the recording if you’d like to check it out

Scale AI’s TransformX Fireside Chat with Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov

Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov joined host Alexandr Wang for a fireside chat at TransformX on our technical approach to building a fully autonomous driving techn...

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

@Waymo 3/ We’re motivated to build and deploy our L4 tech urgently and safely. We’ve driven in a variety of cities in over 13 states, and that experience enables the #WaymoDriver to confidently navigate a diversity of geographies and driving conditions.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Excited to expand our Trusted Tester program to downtown Phoenix, operating on our electric Jaguar I-PACEs with the 5th-gen @Waymo Driver. Grateful for all the great feedback from our Trusted Testers to help us continue to refine our service!

Waymo

@Waymo

2 years

Calling all Downtown Phoenix residents! Our Waymo One Trusted Tester program is expanding. 🎉 Help us shape the future of autonomous ride-hailing in your community by downloading the Waymo One app and expressing interest to ride with us there.

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Dmitri Dolgov

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2 years

@Waymo 4/Our team came together to watch our Driver take its first rider-only trip in SF and flawlessly navigate around countless pedestrians, unprotected turns, construction and double-parked cars. It was doubly fun to watch our rider-only cars drive in both PHX and SF at the same time

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

6 months

We're kicking off the 2024 @Waymo Open Dataset Challenges. It’s been incredible to see this initiative fuel AV research. Since 2019, 40k+ scientists have used the dataset, many through our annual Challenges. Excited for this year and wishing all 2024 participants the best of

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6 months

It’s official: The 2024 Waymo Open Dataset Challenges are now open! 🎉 Researchers have until May 23 to submit their work in our Motion Prediction, Occupancy and Flow Prediction, Sim Agents, and 3D Semantic Segmentation Challenges. Learn more:

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Dmitri Dolgov

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2 years

Excited about our partnership with @UberFreight as we work towards deploying the @Waymo Driver at scale across the trucking industry.

Waymo

@Waymo

2 years

We’re bringing together the power of the Waymo Driver with the scale of @UberFreight 's vast network and marketplace technology to partner for the long-haul. Discover what this means for Waymo Via and the future of transportation logistics:

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Dmitri Dolgov

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1 year

Big update! Our service in PHX Metro now covers 180 sq mi, including downtown & airport, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler. In CA, continuing to learn from 24x7 full-auto ops in all of SF, onboarding more external riders and expanding. Seeing strong demand and growing fast!

Waymo

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1 year

BIG, BIG NEWS. 🤖🚘 We’re doubling the size of our territory in Metro Phoenix, launching another pickup and dropoff location at Phoenix Sky Harbor, and serving riders in Scottsdale. Read the latest about Waymo One, including updates in San Francisco:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

I started working on AVs 16 years ago towards the vision of saving lives, and today @Waymo is already improving road safety. I echo my co-CEO @TechTekedra ’s call to stop complacency around road fatalities and for @californiapuc approval to grow this positive impact on SF roads.

Tekedra N Mawakana

@TechTekedra

1 year

Road safety is core to Waymo’s mission. As I shared in my op-ed with the @sfchronicle , the Waymo Driver is already improving road safety. It’s reducing traffic injuries & fatalities where we operate. But misconceptions could hinder this progress. A 🧵:

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Dmitri Dolgov

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2 years

@Waymo 2/ We have learned a lot about developing, evaluating, and regularly deploying the @Waymo Driver as well as operating a fleet of fully autonomous vehicles in a ride-hailing service w/o a human driver.

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Dmitri Dolgov

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1 year

…as well as continuing testing in new places and environments

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@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

This is only the tip of the iceberg. So proud of what our team has accomplished this year and couldn’t be more grateful for their ingenuity and hard work. More to come in 2023!

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@Waymo 3/ This experience gives us a strong foundation upon which we’ll build as we deploy our Driver with confidence in new areas!

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@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

That’s on top of expanded rider-only territory in SF, where Waymo One riders can take trips to the Mission, Dogpatch, Potrero Hill, and many other neighborhoods, around the clock. In parallel, continuing to scale up and refine 24x7 rider-only ops in all of SF with our employees.

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Good piece from @JasonTorchinsky on how to distinguish different approaches to vehicle autonomy. TL;DR the SAE levels are not about the quality of the autonomous driving system, they’re about what parameters they operate under. A thread...

Lots Of People Seem To Completely Misunderstand The Autonomy Levels, So Let's Clear This Up

If you think the SAE Autonomy levels are referring to how good a car is at self-driving, I have bad news for you

jalopnik.com

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@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

…whether it’s training our perception to be even more robust in different weather conditions, such as rain and fog, or handling rich detection and semantic signals such as pedestrian pose, gaze direction, or hand gestures

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Grateful to @TIME for this recognition! It reflects the hard work and dedication of the entire @Waymo team as we strive to become the world’s most trusted driver.

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@Waymo

3 months

Thank you @TIME for recognizing our role in leading the way toward safer, more sustainable transportation. Our Waymo team is honored to be on the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list for 2024! #TIME100Companies

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It all allows the #WaymoDriver to generalize across cities, which enabled us to scale in SF and PHX simultaneously this year, and showed incredible performance in LA right from the get-go:

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@dmitri_dolgov

1 year

. @Waymo was founded on a mission to improve road safety, and the data to date indicates that the Waymo Driver is already reducing traffic injuries and fatalities in cities where we operate. Check out this post from Mauricio Peña, our Chief Safety Officer to learn more.

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Fact: The Waymo Driver is already improving road safety. Read what our Chief Safety Officer Mauricio Peña had to say about our safety record and focus on transparency:

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3 years

Excited for the upcoming @IndyAChallenge . Makes me think of all the progress we’ve made since the first DARPA Challenge in 2004 and a new wave of innovation it's helping to spur. At @Waymo , we continue to support @MITDriverless and wish the team all the best at the upcoming race!

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@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Thank you, New York City, for welcoming the #WaymoDriver to your vibrant city as we safely advance our technology and better understand your traffic, winter weather, and unique roads.

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@Waymo

3 years

The Big Apple. 🍎 The City That Never Sleeps. 😴 NYC goes by a lot of names, but for the #WaymoDriver it’s a new place to learn about more of the world. Learn how we’ll be building upon our experience as we begin driving there for the first time:

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…learning to understand the intent of other road users via scene-level context and subtle social cues, and training the WaymoDriver to drive safely, nimbly, and smoothly in any situation:

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3 years

Gathering rider feedback is critical for us to refine and advance our product. Excited to have San Francisco Trusted Testers take autonomous rides in our Jaguar I-PACEs with the 5th-gen #WaymoDriver for the first time. Welcome, SF riders!

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@Waymo

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We’re excited to share our next step in San Francisco with the Waymo One Trusted Tester program, a research-focused initiative enabling SF residents to take autonomous rides for their everyday needs and help us shape the future of autonomous driving.

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Thank you @davidgeorge83 for hosting me earlier this summer!

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1 month

Mistakes and uncertainty on the road can cause serious consequences. But @Waymo is pushing towards a safer future, by building models that reflect an ideal human driver, who is driving attentively. Waymo Co-CEO @dmitri_dolgov tells @DavidGeorge83 in the latest episode of AI

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AV mileage alone is not enough to show progress or build public trust. It all starts with safety. We shared safety data from 1M rider-only miles, including 24x7 driving in densest parts of SF & PHX, supporting #WaymoDriver ’s effectiveness in reducing road injuries and fatalities.

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@Waymo

2 years

In January 2023, Waymo reached 1M miles without a human driver. But what we’re most proud of is our safety record from those miles. Today, we’re sharing our performance data that shows how the Waymo Driver is improving road safety.

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It’s amazing how this once-unbelievable idea — that a vehicle with no driver behind the wheel could get you where you need to go — is now a reality for so many people. We can’t wait for even more riders to experience the #WaymoDriver in the year ahead.

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1 year

AI research is fueling the progress of autonomous driving. As part of our contribution to the research community, we’re launching the next round of the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges and expanding the dataset. We invite all researchers to participate and drive innovation forward!

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@Waymo

1 year

We’re thrilled to launch the 2023 Waymo Open Dataset Challenges to help accelerate research breakthroughs in fundamental AV topics, including underexplored ones such as Sim Agents. Plus, the dataset has grown with additional label types and sensor data.

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@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

2/2 Join me in supporting the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇦 Consider donating, e.g. via @RESCUEorg

How can I help Ukraine?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already forced over 6 million refugees, mostly women and children, to flee their homes. Learn what you can do to help.

www.rescue.org

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

Our 5th-generation #WaymoDriver has been a game changer, with state-of-the-art hardware and cutting-edge ML as the backbone of our software stack, driving rapid tech progress

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@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Kicking off the year with exciting Waymo Via news!

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@Waymo

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We’re expanding our relationship with @jbhunt360 and entering into a long-term, strategic alliance to commercialize the #WaymoDriver for trucking transportation together. More on what this joint path to fully autonomous, goods-only operations looks like:

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Dmitri Dolgov

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3 years

More of the first fully redundant, L4 Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with the #WaymoDriver are hitting the road. Check out some details on how we've designed and engineered our next-gen hardware specifically for trucking.

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@Waymo

3 years

Today, we’re sharing details on how we’ve designed and engineered the latest generation of the #WaymoDriver specifically for our #WaymoVia Class 8 trucks. Dive into the work of our industry-leading Hardware team:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

We’ve got big plans for #CES2022 ! Check out our blog to see where you can connect with the @Waymo team, learn more about our Driver, and explore our vehicles.

Waymo

@Waymo

3 years

Join us in Las Vegas for #CES2022 ! 🚚🤖🚗 Stop by our West Hall booth to engage with our team and explore our fleet of vehicles, including our new Freightliner Cascadia truck outfitted with the 5th-Gen #WaymoDriver in its new design.

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2 years

Nice vid of a full-auto ride with the @Waymo Driver in SF

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@Waymo

2 years

Looking for #lofi tunes to help you end the workweek or commute home on the right note? 🎧🎶🤖🚘 We’ve got just the thing for you (h/t Luke from our Product team):

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2 years

Going to the Super Bowl? Download the @Waymo app and hail a car with no human driver right from the airport! Excited to partner with @AZSuperBowl Host Committee to serve its many visitors with our fully autonomous 24/7 ride-hail service in Phoenix.

Waymo robotaxis to shuttle Super Bowl fans in Phoenix

Waymo's autonomous cars will shuttle visitors during Super Bowl weekend.

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Important milestone not only for @Waymo but for the entire industry as we build the first-ever redundant, L4 truck platform. Stay tuned for a closer look under the hood of one of these @DaimlerTrucksNA trucks coming up soon.

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@Waymo

3 years

Delivery for Waymo Via! 🚚 Last fall, we partnered with @DaimlerTrucksNA to develop the first-ever redundant L4 truck platform powered by the #WaymoDriver . Today, our #WaymoVia engineering team received one of the first Freightliner Cascadia trucks.

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Dmitri Dolgov

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3 years

Thanks to the CPUC drivered deployment permit granted today, starting in a few weeks, we will advance our Trusted Tester program to provide paid rides to go anywhere within our service area in San Francisco 24/7.

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@Waymo

3 years

1/ Today Waymo received our drivered deployment permit from the @californiapuc , allowing us to provide paid rides in the state, 24/7:

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

2 years

I’m psyched about the milestones ahead as we enter the next phase of AV expansion. Thank you to our riders, partners, and communities we operate in for your support and trust, and the entire @Waymo team for setting us up for success in 2023. Here’s to a breathtaking 2023!

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2 years

Kicking off this next phase of our journey at @Waymo with the best co-pilot in the business, @TechTekedra . This month we celebrate our one-year anniversary and our continued mission to extend our technology to help more people and places.

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@Waymo

2 years

This month, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of @TechTekedra and @dmitri_dolgov as co-CEOs of Waymo with a fully autonomous ride through the streets of San Francisco! Take a peek at one of their recent rides and find out what our latest announcement means to them.

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Dmitri Dolgov

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2 years

Underpinning everything we do is our utmost focus on safety, implemented in our comprehensive safety framework and its multiple rigorous methodologies, such as Collision Avoidance Testing (which we shared earlier this month)

Waymo's Collision Avoidance Testing: Evaluating our Driver’s Ability to Avoid Crashes Compared to...

It’s happened to almost every driver: that terrifying moment when you have to urgently brake or swerve to avoid a collision caused by other road users’ behavior. Like a human driver, the Waymo Driver...

waymo.com

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Dmitri Dolgov

@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Getting to work with the most talented people is one of the things that keeps me motivated. Big shoutout to our Head of Behavior Prediction @shilpa_gulati for sharing her story and details on her work @Waymo . Check out Shilpa’s talk at #TEDxMountainView

How Autonomously Driven Vehicles Become Experienced Drivers | .2....

Shilpa Gulati leads engineering teams that build the technology behind autonomously driven vehicles. With real-world examples of these vehicles in action, an...

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@dmitri_dolgov

3 years

Over the years of driving in SF, we’ve learned a lot about one of the city’s iconic features — fog. Check out our blog on how our sensors complement each other in weather.

Waymo

@Waymo

3 years

What have we learned from driving with @fog_karla ? Read this blog to find out—it’s a can’t mist!

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3 years

I’m excited and proud of what we’ve accomplished at @Waymo this year, thanks to all Waymonauts, our partners, riders and the communities that we serve. Looking forward to 2022!

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@Waymo

3 years

How do you celebrate a year unlike any other? Our co-CEOs @dmitri_dolgov and @TechTekedra do just that as they reflect on our progress throughout 2021, made possible by every Waymonaut and partner who contributed to our mission. See what they had to say:

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