Episode 240 | Autonomy Markets: Autonomy IPOs Heat Up: Tesla's 20% Rally, WeRide’s $440M IPO, & Waymo’s $5.6B Funding Round

In this episode of Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss the opening of the autonomy IPO market and investors increasing desire to own autonomous vehicle companies. 

On October 23rd, Tesla’s stock rallied 20% following earnings that beat the street and Elon Musk’s continued commentary about Tesla’s robotaxi ambitions. WeRide completed its NASDAQ IPO raising $440M on October 25th, the same day Waymo announced a massive $5.6B funding round led by Alphabet with participation from Tiger Global and Sliver Lake.

Episode Chapters

0:00 Capital Markets are Open

3:07 Tesla Robotaxi Service in Palo Alto?

5:43 The Interrelationships and Risks of the Elon Musk Companies

10:43 WeRide IPO

19:37 Waymo's Latest Funding Round

23:17 Lucid is Finding Out Autonomy is Hard

29:40 Wayve

32:02 Cruise Goes Driverless in Houston

33:16 Uber

37:02 Next Week

Recorded on October 25, 2024

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