SAN ANTONIO – Waymo, a fully autonomous vehicle company, expanded its service in the Alamo City on Tuesday to include rides to and from the San Antonio International Airport. In a statement, a Waymo spokesperson said the company is the first fully autonomous ride service to provide airport transportation in Texas. “Providing a safe and reliable ride to and from the airport is one of the most requested uses for Waymo riders, and we’re proud to bring that capability to San Antonians,” said Arica Gately, Waymo’s head of airport partnerships and business development. Drop-offs are intended to take place at the terminal’s curbside. Pickups are available at the rideshare areas, the statement said. “Waymo works closely with communities to meet the diverse needs of residents and expanding access to San Antonio International Airport will serve as a key connection to the region’s transportation network,” Gately said. Waymo vehicles officially began operating in the Alamo City last month. The vehicles serve riders across more than 60 square miles in San Antonio, including areas from North Star Mall down to the San Antonio Rodeo fairgrounds, the Frost Bank Center, downtown, the River Walk, the Alamo and the Henry B. González Convention Center. The launch in San Antonio is part of a broader expansion. Waymo is also welcoming public riders into its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Dallas, Houston and Orlando. More Waymo coverage on KSAT:
Mar 31, 2026 · via ksat.com
To build the autonomous machines of the future, sometimes your model needs a model. Companies developing self-driving cars, robots manipulating the physical environment, or autonomous construction equipment collect thousands, if not millions, of hours of video data for evaluation and training. Organizing and cataloging that video is now a job for humans, who have to watch all of it. Even fast-forwarding, that doesn’t scale. NomadicML, a startup founded by CEO Mustafa Bal and CTO Varun Krishnan, wants to solve problems for customers who have 95% of their fleet data sitting in archives. The challenge becomes harder when looking for edge cases — the most valuable data depicts events that rarely occur and can befuddle inexperienced physical AI models. Nomadic is working to solve that problem with a platform that turns footage into a structured, searchable dataset through a collection of vision language models. That, in turn, allows for better fleet monitoring and the creation of unique datasets for reinforcement learning and faster iteration. The company announced an $8.4 million seed round Tuesday at a post-money valuation of $50 million. The round was led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Pear VC and Jeff Dean, and will allow the company to onboard more customers and continue refining its platform. Nomadic also won first prize at Nvidia GTC’s pitch contest last month. The two founders, who met as Harvard computer science undergrads, “kept running into the same technical challenges again and again at our jobs” at companies like Lyft and Snowflake, Bal told TechCrunch. Disrupt 2026: The tech ecosystem, all in one room Your next round. Your next hire. Your next breakout opportunity. Find it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders gather for three days of 250+ tactical sessions, powerful introductions, and market-defining innovation. Register now to
Mar 31, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
Uber will invest $100 million to build out public fast-charging stations across the U.S. and Europe, the company said Wednesday.
Uber is partnering with private charging networks to build the stations, offering them minimum utilization guarantees.
Photo by: EVgo Currently, Uber’s autonomous rides are limited to Austin, Atlanta and Phoenix, where Waymo robotaxis operate through the platform.
According to charging data platform Paren, 18,000 new public fast-charging stations were added last year, a 30% year-over-year increase.
Charging networks are building ahead of demand in anticipation of an EV sales rebound fueled by more affordable and competitive models.
Feb 19, 2026 · via insideevs.com