# Waymo

> Waymo's $16B round led by Dragoneer, DST Global, and Sequoia reframes autonomous mobility as a platform-scale infrastructure bet, not a moonshot.

## Why it is interesting

Capital is flowing to the fewest, most defensible AV platforms: - Waymo's unit economics improve with every additional city and every additional shared compute hour. - Regulatory relationships and incident data compound; new entrants pay a premium to replicate them. - Alphabet's continued financial support reduces Waymo's cost of capital versus standalone competitors. Waymo's $16B round led by Dragoneer, DST Global, and Sequoia reframes autonomous mobility as a platform-scale infrastructure bet, not a moonshot.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml, consumer, robotics, deep-tech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- Series E (Feb 2026): $16B at $126B led by Dragoneer, DST Global, Sequoia; a16z, Tiger Global, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins among participants (Waymo blog / VCT)
- Co-investors not in VCT directory: Dragoneer, DST Global, Silver Lake, T. Rowe Price, Mubadala, CapitalG, Fidelity, GV, Temasek
- Source: https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/waymo-raises-usd16-billion-investment-round
- Disclosed financing: $16B (Series E)
- Covered in 1 Venture Capital Tracker article(s)

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/sequoia
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/tiger-global-management
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/kleiner-perkins

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-waymo-16b-series-e-robotaxi-scale

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