Waymo signals beyond the news: 81+ signals from 9 sources
The latest Waymo signal on this page is from Sep 29, 2026 (Patents): "Waymo was granted a patent for detecting lidar sensor fouling." The busiest sources: Glassdoor (15+), Website changes (15+) and LinkedIn (14).
- Signals
- 81+
- Sources
- 9
- Last 90 days
- 46
- Latest
- Sep 29, 2026
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81+ signals for Waymo across 9 sources.
Patents · Patent grant
Waymo was granted a patent for detecting lidar sensor fouling.
In September 2026 Waymo patented a way to identify contamination on lidar apertures, supporting reliable perception for autonomous vehicles on the road.
- Patent title
- Methods for detecting lidar aperture fouling
- Grant date
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- Jingyuan Linda Zhang, Caner Onal
- Tech area
- radar / lidar / sensing
Patents · Patent grant
Waymo was granted a patent for scoring autonomous-vehicle pullovers.
In September 2026 Waymo patented a system for assessing safe stopping locations, used by autonomous vehicles when selecting where to pull over.
- Patent title
- Quality scoring for pullovers for autonomous vehicles
- Grant date
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- Salil Pandit, Daniella Gutlansky, Eamonn Doherty, Eric Friedman
Reddit · Customer feedback
Waymo is facing public backlash over privacy concerns after one of its autonomous vehicles detected a passenger's firearm and reported them to the police, leading to discussions about surveillance...
Post: "Waymo, autonomous vehicle, calls police after riders have ghost gun."
- Subreddit
- r/privacy
- Upvotes
- 453
- Comments
- 87
- Sentiment
- Negative
Podcasts · Industry prediction
The Road to Autonomy discusses Waymo: industry prediction
"My prediction, and this is jumping ahead in our docket, is that when they spin out of Google, which will probably happen in the next year or two, and then when they cash up through an IPO, which will probably be in two years, somewhere in that time frame, they're going to pull the trigger and..."
- Podcast
- The Road to Autonomy
- Episode
- Autonomy Markets: Jason Calacanis on the Robotaxi Endgame
- Speaker
- Jason Calacanis
- Speaker role
- Third party
Web traffic · Sustained growth
waymo.com shows sustained growth with 3 consecutive months of increases, up 16% overall to 598K.
Minimal AI traffic at 0.6% (~3,705 visits). Top: chatgpt.com (91%), gemini.google.com (7%).
- Monthly visits
- 597,824
- Month over month
- +13.1%
- 3-month change
- +16.4%
- Global rank
- 99,802
Glassdoor · Growth opportunities
Software engineers report limited advancement opportunities and specialization challenges
One software engineer noted that specialized experience within Waymo may not be seen as desirable by companies further behind in their operations, impacting broader career mobility.
- Overall rating
- 4.1 of 5
- CEO approval
- 84%
- Reviews read
- 7
- Review window
- Aug 14, 2026 to Sep 1, 2026
Website changes · Website update
Waymo changed the homepage image loading strategy from lazy to eager and elevated the map tiles to high-priority loading.
Multiple image tags changed from `loading="lazy"` to `loading="eager"` and from `fetchpriority="auto"` to `fetchpriority="high"`.
- Page
- /
YouTube
Driverless Taxi, Waymo 🚕 #waymo #driverless #losangeles #taxi #amazing #shortvideo #shorts
Waymo showcases a driverless taxi service operating in Los Angeles in a short video.
- Channel
- NatureNurture🌺
- Views
- 457
- Comments
- 0
- Tags
- Autonomous Vehicles, Ride-hailing, Los Angeles
Conference talks
Nicholas Simoné (Head of Security Operations & Technology, Waymo) at Data Center Expo North America.
- Conference
- Data Center Expo North America
- Date
- May 18, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Topics
- data centers, digital infrastructure, energy efficiency, infrastructure operations
LinkedIn
Mind if we show you around?
Mind if we show you around? 👀✨ At #CES? Find us at Booth 4600 at the LVCC West Hall. #Waymo #CES2026
- Likes
- 449
- Comments
- 5
- Tags
- Marketing Campaign, Customer Engagement
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One POST /v1/companies/enrich call with waymo.com returns Waymo signals from 14 more signal types (reddit-company, podcast-company, glassdoor-company and more), each with its source. Or ask Claude through MCP.
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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"domain": "waymo.com",
"signal_types": ["reddit-company","podcast-company","glassdoor-company",
"product-reviews","linkedin-post-company","twitter-company-posts",
"youtube-company","website-intelligence","patents-company",
"federal-contract-award","conference-speaker","hackernews",
"producthunt-launch","seo-traffic"],
"limit": 20
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Source. Reddit, podcasts, Glassdoor, product reviews, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, company websites, patents, federal contracts, conference talks, Hacker News, Product Hunt, web traffic and employee growth, from the Signal API.
Method. The latest 15 signals per source from the last 12 months. Posts that do not name the company, replies, repeats and unreadable rows are removed. Traffic and headcount keep their newest measure.
Data as of .