Google’s robotaxi start-up brings in new investors amid global roll out and competition from Elon Musk’s Tesla

Elon Musk’s electric-car maker invests $2bn in the billionaire’s xAI

AI start-up turns to three of its biggest suppliers in blockbuster $100bn funding round

Future of the company lies in equipping and running a global fleet of driverless taxis and in selling humanoid robots

Google’s robotaxi start-up brings in new investors amid global roll out and competition from Elon Musk’s Tesla

The parent company would provide about $13 billion to the robotaxi firm, while the rest would come from others, including new investors Sequoia Capital, DST Global and Dragoneer…

The new valuation may feed recurring speculation that Waymo will eventually pursue an IPO as part of a spinoff from Alphabet.

The funding round valued the Alphabet subsidiary at $126bn as company aims to expand more cities worldwide