Rivian’s Vertical Integration Bet, Wayve’s Nissan Win & Uber’s Autonomy Narrative This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Rivian’s bold vertical integration bet as the EV maker announced plans to build their own chips and lidar sensors, effectively moving away from…
The Thriller in the Big D December 7, 2025 This Week in The Autonomy Economy is presented by Koop, a specialist insurance provider focused on robotics and autonomous vehicles. This Week in the Autonomy Economy, the Waymo/Uber relationship appears to have…
Waymo Upstages Uber’s Party: Avride’s Debut & The Reality of Scaling This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss “Thriller in the Big D” as Waymo upstages Uber’s party in Dallas. The day before Uber was set to announce its commercial launch with…
The Robotaxi Land Grab: Act II November 30, 2025 This Week in The Autonomy Economy is presented by Koop, a specialist insurance provider focused on robotics and autonomous vehicles. This Week in the Autonomy Economy, The United States celebrated Thanksgiving while…
China vs US: Who Can Scale Faster, WeRide or Waymo? This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Uber and WeRide’s fully autonomous launch in Abu Dhabi, marking Uber’s first robotaxi deployment without a safety driver outside the United States. On WeRide’s…
Transcript: Waymo’s Six Stages of Autonomy Executive Summary In this episode, Grayson Brulte and Walt discuss Waymo’s aggressive expansion across the Sunbelt alongside the regulatory headwinds forming in progressive cities like San Diego and New York, while introducing and defining…
Waymo’s Six Stages of Autonomy This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s accelerated nationwide expansion with new markets, Minneapolis, Tampa, New Orleans, Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando getting ready to come online, while breaking down and coining the term…