Inside Waymo?s Hiring Binge

BILLED MONTHLY SELECTED YOUR ORDERYearly Plan$399.00Billed once every 12 months Much of the expansion came from the hiring of hundreds of engineers Waymo hopes will help it achieve a technological breakthrough in developing a reliable self-driving vehicle.The workforce expansion suggests Waymo’s annual cost is nearing $1 billion, while its brand-new automated taxi business is yielding just hundreds of thousand dollars a year in revenue. One signal that Waymo is a long way from developing into a business was the departure last fall of Waymo’s first chief commercial officer, Amee Chande, after just 10 months on the job. Each month, our reporters discuss trending tech topics in depth exclusively with our subscribers.