Waymo
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Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company, originally a Google self-driving car project, that develops and operates self-driving vehicles and robotaxi services.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waymo canonical | 9 |
| Waymo One | 2 |
| Waymo Driver | 1 |
| Waymo One robotaxi service | 1 |
| Waymo Via | 1 |
| Waymo Via freight service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2817396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waymo Context triple: [Mubadala Investment Company, portfolioCompany, Waymo]
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A.
General Motors (via Cruise)
General Motors (via Cruise) is the U.S. automaker’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary focused on developing and deploying self-driving car technology.
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B.
Mobileye
Mobileye is an Israeli technology company specializing in advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous driving solutions, known for its computer vision and mapping technologies used by major automakers worldwide.
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C.
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics company renowned for creating advanced, highly mobile robots such as Atlas, Spot, and Handle.
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D.
Lyft
Lyft is a major American ride-hailing and transportation company that connects passengers with drivers through a mobile app platform.
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E.
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company known for pioneering mass-market electric cars, advanced battery technology, and autonomous driving innovations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waymo Target entity description: Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company, originally a Google self-driving car project, that develops and operates self-driving vehicles and robotaxi services.
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A.
General Motors (via Cruise)
General Motors (via Cruise) is the U.S. automaker’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary focused on developing and deploying self-driving car technology.
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B.
Mobileye
Mobileye is an Israeli technology company specializing in advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous driving solutions, known for its computer vision and mapping technologies used by major automakers worldwide.
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C.
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics company renowned for creating advanced, highly mobile robots such as Atlas, Spot, and Handle.
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D.
Lyft
Lyft is a major American ride-hailing and transportation company that connects passengers with drivers through a mobile app platform.
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E.
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company known for pioneering mass-market electric cars, advanced battery technology, and autonomous driving innovations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autonomous driving technology company
ⓘ
robotaxi operator ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ |
| brand |
Waymo One robotaxi service
ⓘ
linked to:
Waymo
Waymo Via freight service ⓘ
linked to:
Waymo
|
| businessModel |
commercial robotaxi operations
ⓘ
licensing autonomous driving technology (strategic) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focus | Level 4 autonomous driving ⓘ |
| formerName | Google self-driving car project ⓘ |
| foundedAsProjectWithin | Google ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Mountain View, California, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
artificial intelligence
ⓘ
autonomous vehicles ⓘ robotaxi services ⓘ |
| keyCompetitor |
Baidu Apollo
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo autonomous driving platform
Cruise ⓘ Motional ⓘ Tesla (Autopilot / FSD) ⓘ
linked to:
Autopilot
Zoox ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
operates fully driverless rides in some service areas
ⓘ
remote fleet operations and support ⓘ |
| operatesInCity |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Austin
Los Angeles, California ⓘ Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ San Francisco, California ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco
|
| parentCompany | Alphabet Inc. ⓘ |
| partOf | Alphabet Inc. ⓘ |
| product |
Waymo Driver
ⓘ
linked to:
Waymo
Waymo One ⓘ
linked to:
Waymo
Waymo Via ⓘ
linked to:
Waymo
|
| regulatoryStatus |
holds autonomous vehicle permits in Arizona
ⓘ
holds autonomous vehicle permits in California ⓘ holds autonomous vehicle permits in Texas (for pilots) ⓘ |
| safetyApproach |
on-road testing with safety drivers (historically)
ⓘ
simulation-based testing at large scale ⓘ |
| serviceType |
autonomous freight and delivery (pilot)
ⓘ
autonomous ride-hailing ⓘ robotaxi service ⓘ |
| technologyUsed |
camera sensors
ⓘ
high-definition maps ⓘ lidar sensors ⓘ machine learning ⓘ radar sensors ⓘ self-driving software stack ⓘ |
| vehiclePlatform |
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan
ⓘ
linked to:
Chrysler Pacifica
Class 8 semi-trucks (for freight pilots) ⓘ Jaguar I-PACE electric SUV ⓘ
linked to:
Jaguar I-Pace
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Waymo Description of subject: Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company, originally a Google self-driving car project, that develops and operates self-driving vehicles and robotaxi services.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.