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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2020. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Raquel ↗
In their words
one of the things I have done in the lab is that all my leadership is female
with these companies coming there's so much talent actually now coming because they want to be here, so it's just enhancing the amount of talent that we have locally. It's not really competing with the local talent.
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Quick answers
What is Waabi?
A Toronto autonomous driving company founded in 2021, focused on long-haul trucking. Its approach pairs deep learning with a high-fidelity closed-loop simulator, so most testing happens virtually rather than on the road.
How much has Waabi raised?
$83.5M USD Series A in 2021 led by Khosla Ventures, then a $200M USD Series B in June 2024 led by Uber and Khosla with NVIDIA, Volvo Group Venture Capital, Porsche SE, Scania Invest and Ingka Investments — over $280M total.
What did she speak about at TechTO?
Why Toronto is the place to be, given at the Best of TechTO in early 2020 while she was head of Uber ATG Toronto.