Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Autonomous Freight Transport

“This partnership is an exciting next step in developing transformative autonomous transport solutions,” said Shahrukh Kazmi, Chief Product Officer at Volvo Autonomous Solutions. “By combining Volvo’s leadership in automation and safety innovation with Waabi’s expertise in AI-driven autonomous driving technology, we are delivering solutions that tackle the industry’s capacity challenges today and paving the way for scalable, reliable operations.”
“We are excited to vertically integrate Waabi's next-generation AI technology directly into Volvo’s robust and proven technology platform – ushering in a new era of scalable and efficient autonomous transportation. Volvo’s leadership in safety, commitment to excellence in engineering, and investment in forward looking innovation makes them an ideal partner to realize the future of self-driving trucks everywhere,” said Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi.
The collaboration with Waabi builds on the relationship established in 2023, when Volvo Group Venture Capital invested in Waabi, reinforcing the shared goal of addressing the transportation industry’s increasing capacity challenges.
Waabi’s next-generation AV2.0 approach, based on an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model, enables their virtual driver system, Waabi Driver, to generalize scenarios on the road. As part of the partnership between the two companies, the advanced Waabi Driver will be integrated with Volvo’s flagship long-haul model for the US market, Volvo VNL Autonomous.
The Volvo VNL Autonomous is a truck built for autonomy featuring six critical redundant systems—dual braking, steering, communication, computing, power, energy storage, and motion control—enabling safe operations.
The Volvo VNL Autonomous is built on Volvo’s autonomous technology platform that can integrate multiple virtual drivers, supporting diverse operational needs, use cases, and Volvo Group truck brands.
Volvo Autonomous Solutions believes that partnership is key to leadership in autonomous driving, as the challenges of autonomy are too complex to solve alone. Making autonomous transport a reality requires more than just trucks—it demands a fully integrated ecosystem. To achieve this, V.A.S. has developed a comprehensive support system, including uptime services, fleet management tools, and maintenance infrastructure. Through strategic collaborations, such as the partnership with Waabi, V.A.S. is laying the foundation for safe, reliable, and scalable autonomous operations.
About Volvo Autonomous Solutions
The autonomous transport solution offered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions includes a vehicle purpose-built for autonomous driving, a virtual driver, required infrastructure, operations and uptime support as well as a cloud solution that controls the transport system and manages logistics flows. The solutions developed by Volvo Autonomous Solutions are tailor-made for each customer's needs are intended to make their operations safer, and more productive and sustainable.
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About Waabi
Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is pioneering generative AI for the physical world, first by applying this technology to overhaul the autonomous trucking industry. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, AI, automotive, logistics and Canadian innovation ecosystems, including Khosla Ventures, Uber, NVIDIA, Volvo Group Venture Capital, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Scania Invest, Ingka Investments, HarbourVest Partners, BDC, EDC, Radical Ventures, Incharge Capital, and others.
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