Waymo has announced it has completed over 10 million paid robotaxi rides. The achievement, revealed by co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana at the Google I/O developer conference, marks a doubling of rides in just five months and signals strong user adoption in cities like Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin.
The ride-hailing company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., is currently delivering more than 250,000 rides per week.
Coinciding with the ridership milestone, Waymo also announced this week it has received regulatory approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its commercial robotaxi operations to cover more of the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose and much of Silicon Valley.
The approval expands Waymo’s service area to over 85 square miles (220 square kilometers) and opens the door for future access to San Francisco International Airport, which the company is currently mapping under a separate permit.
We’re very excited to share that the CPUC has approved our application to operate our fully autonomous commercial ride-hailing service in the South Bay and nearly all of San Jose!
— Waymo (@Waymo) May 19, 2025
While this won’t change our operations in the near-term, we’re looking forward to bringing the…
While Waymo does not yet operate profitably, Mawakana emphasized that building a sustainable business remains a top priority. “We’re proving out that it can be a profitable business,” she said. “There’s a path to profitability.”
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Mawakana noted that safety remains central to Waymo’s long-term approach. “There’s probably a lot of ways it can be done, but we’re the only ones that have done it at scale,” she said. “To us, it’s really important to focus on safety first, not safety after cost.”
Waymo also recently announced it is launching service in Atlanta through a partnership with Uber, with early access now open to selected users. This move is part of a broader plan to enter 10 additional U.S. cities this year, including Boston and Dallas.
