Episodes

  • CES 2026: The Autonomy Narrative Just Changed
    Jan 10 2026

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss CES 2026, Zoox’s performance on the Las Vegas Strip and Uber’s potential long-term autonomy plans.

    Zoox’s performance was one of those hopefully “only in Las Vegas” moments, as the vehicle was seen stopping in the middle of traffic and blocking entrances on a regular basis. Which raises the question; what is Amazon going to do with Zoox? Do they overhaul management, make an acquisition, or simply shut it down and move on?

    While Zoox struggled, NVIDIA introduced their open-source Alpamayo AI models under an Apache 2.0 license to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles and sell more GPUs.

    Closing out the show, the discussion shifts to hardware and global expansion, contrasting Waymo’s bulky new Ojai vehicle with the well-designed Lucid-Nuro robotaxi.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 CES 2026

    2:13 Zoox CES Experience

    8:41 NVIDIA’s CES Announcements

    12:45 SAE Level 2

    16:59 Waymo Ojai

    19:31 Lucid / Nuro Robotaxi

    21:29 Does Uber Need to Vertically Integrate Autonomy in the Future?

    25:05 Waymo / Uber Relationship

    27:37 Tensor Auto

    32:49 Foreign Autonomy Desk

    34:35 Disgrace of The Week

    38:24 Next Week


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    39 mins
  • Waymo's PR Problem and Tesla's Missed Deadlines
    Jan 5 2026

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss the fallout from Waymo’s crisis management failure in San Francisco, where a power outage left hundreds of vehicles stranded and blocking intersections throughout the city.

    Waymo’s prolonged silence on the incident and lack of transparency regarding what truly happened could lead to a decline in public trust just as robotaxis begin to scale. Down in Austin, Tesla missed their 2025 driver-out deadline in Austin, prompting Grayson to push his prediction for driver-out/safety attendant out commercial service to late February or early March 2026.

    Then there is Uber, a company with an ever-changing narrative around autonomy—shifting from demand-generation to hybrid networks, and now claiming mass adoption is still decades away. What will the next narrative be, and will it change once again post-CES?

    Closing out the show, Grayson and Walt discuss how escalating geopolitical tensions in Venezuela and potential political shifts in the UK could force a hard reset for companies relying on Chinese autonomous technology to scale their robotaxi businesses.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 Lights Out in San Francisco

    2:44 Why Did Waymo’s Freeze When the Power Went Out?

    8:34 Remote Drivers

    15:00 Robotaxi in Austin

    18:33 Scaling Robotaxi

    22:48 Autonomous Vehicle Policy

    24:47 Austin Incident Reports

    27:17 Uber’s Ever-Changing Narrative

    30:31 Miami-Dade Sheriff Deploys Autonomous Patrol Vehicles

    32:38 Foreign Autonomy Desk

    40:26 CES


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    42 mins
  • Tesla’s Austin Moment, LiDAR Chapter 11 & HYPR Emerges
    Dec 20 2025

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk, Grayson hit the road and met with Tim Kentley-Klay of HYPRLABS in San Francisco, Tesla started removing the safety attendees in Austin and Waymo is reportedly raising another round at a $110 billion valuation.


    Grayson shares details from his exclusive first ride in the HYPRDRIVE vehicle in San Francisco and insights from his The Road to Autonomy podcast interview with Tim Kentley Klay. They discuss HYPR’s emergence from stealth and the company’s unique vision-only, self-reinforcement learning approach to autonomy.


    As the vision-only modality gains market validation, the conversation shifts to Waymo. Despite generating significant momentum with a sensor suite heavily reliant on LiDAR and radar, the company is reportedly seeking to raise $15 billion in external capital at a $110 billion valuation. Grayson and Walt debate the strategic logic behind the raise and offer predictions on when Waymo will surpass one million paid rides per week.


    Closing out the show, they analyze the implications of a recent Bloomberg report suggesting that Sterling Anderson is being groomed to become the next CEO of GM.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 Brighter with Herbert

    1:32 HYPRDRIVE Ride and Meeting with Tim Kentley Klay

    6:50 Waymo From SFO to the City with No Highway

    12:28 Tesla Starts Removing Safety Attendants in Austin

    18:03 Luminar Files for Chapter 11

    22:26 California's Pending Tesla Ban

    25:30 Sterling Anderson's Growing Role at GM

    31:24 Waymo's Capital Raise

    37:43 Kodiak's Partnership with Verizon

    39:58 Next Week


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    41 mins
  • Rivian’s Vertical Integration Bet, Wayve’s Nissan Win & Uber’s Autonomy Narrative
    Dec 13 2025

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Rivian’s bold vertical integration bet as the EV maker announced plans to build their own chips and lidar sensors, effectively moving away from NVIDIA.

    Is the introduction of “Autonomy+”, a new software subscription priced to undercut competitors a risky distraction or a necessary move as the company works toward profitability? As Rivian looks inward, Wayve signed a major win, signing a definitive agreement to scale with Nissan in North America and Japan beginning in 2027.

    Then there is Uber. Who does Uber want to be when autonomy grows up, and who will their partners ultimately be and what those relationships will look like in the long term? Currently, Uber’s autonomy narrative faces challenges, as the company appears to be playing defense while getting front-run by partners Waymo in the U.S. and Momenta in Abu Dhabi.

    Closing out the show, Grayson and Walt discuss the growing world of international autonomy on the weekly Foreign Autonomy Desk segment, covering updates from Bolt, Stellantis, and Caterpillar.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 Rivian’s Autonomy Ambitions

    13:11 Licensing Autonomous Driving Stacks

    17:29 Wayve’s Approach to Autonomy

    21:07 Tesla’s Safety Attendant Out in Austin Plans

    23:35 Waymo’s Blitz Scaling

    27:37 Waymo’s Growing OOH Ad Business

    32:32 Uber’s Autonomy Narrative

    37:57 Serve Robotics 2,000 Robot Delivery Milestone

    39:30 Tensor Auto / Zero Partnership

    42:13 Aurora’s Permian Basin Expansion

    44:47 Foreign Autonomy Desk

    52:16 Next Week


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    53 mins
  • Waymo Upstages Uber’s Party: Avride’s Debut & The Reality of Scaling
    Dec 6 2025

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss "Thriller in the Big D" as Waymo upstages Uber’s party in Dallas. The day before Uber was set to announce its commercial launch with Avride in Dallas, Waymo stole the spotlight by announcing they went driver-out in the same city.

    During the episode Grayson and Walt analyzed the fallout from this timing, including Uber’s "marketing fail" where a safety driver was spotted in promotional footage, and debate whether Avride’s limited 9-square-mile launch is a legitimate business move or just another "science project".

    Beyond the drama in Texas, they dove into the broader race to scale, questioning if adding a few hundred cars in new markets Houston, Baltimore, and St. Louis truly counts as commercial scaling. As Waymo announces new markets, Sterling Anderson is aggressively hiring at GM and the autonomous trucking market is beginning to heat up.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 The Thriller in Big D featuring Waymo, Avride and Uber

    5:17 Autonomous Vehicle Messaging

    7:01 Avride / Uber's Dallas Service Area

    10:14 No New Waymo/Uber Markets, So Far

    13:50 Waymo's Rapid Expansion

    18:56 Waymo's Six Stages of Autonomy

    20:26 No Waymo Commercial Launch for Art Basel

    21:49 Will Tesla Robotaxis Ever Be Available on Uber?

    23:06 FSD Updates

    25:00 Sterling Anderson's Growing Role at GM

    29:04 Wayve Acquires Quality Match

    29:41 Foreign Autonomy Desk

    30:13 Waymo's Continuing Zeekr Issue

    32:21 Autonomous Trucking

    33:50 Next Week


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    35 mins
  • China vs US: Who Can Scale Faster, WeRide or Waymo?
    Nov 29 2025

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Uber and WeRide's fully autonomous launch in Abu Dhabi, marking Uber's first robotaxi deployment without a safety driver outside the United States.

    On WeRide's earnings, the company announced a fleet of 1,600 autonomous vehicles with 750 robotaxis, while Pony.ai announced plans to triple its fleet to 3,000 by end of next year through its Bolt partnership. As Chinese robotaxi companies expand globally, the scaling question emerges: who grows the fastest?

    It was another big week for Waymo as the California DMV approved a massive service area expansion that will come with infrastructure challenges and a need for thousands of additional vehicles if Waymo decides to ultimately operate in the approved area.

    Later the conversation shifts to Tesla, where Walt shares his firsthand experience with FSD 14.2 in Mad Max mode in New York City. Both Grayson and Walt make predictions on Tesla removing the safety attendant in Austin and expanding to new markets including Arizona, Florida, and potentially Las Vegas by end of next year.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 WeRide and Uber Go Fully Autonomous in Abu Dhabi

    3:08 WeRide Earnings

    6:33 Robotaxi Volumes and Business Models

    10:13 Waymo's California DMV Expansion Approval

    14:01 Waymo's Santa Monica Depot Noise Issues

    20:20 Tesla Robotaxi Scale Plans

    24:31 Tesla FSD 14.2 Update

    27:52 Do We Want to Drive Anymore?

    31:25 Next Week


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    32 mins
  • Waymo's Six Stages of Autonomy
    Nov 22 2025

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s accelerated nationwide expansion with new markets, Minneapolis, Tampa, New Orleans, Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando getting ready to come online, while breaking down and coin Waymo’s Six Stages of Autonomy.

    As Waymo expands, competition is brewing in Dallas where Avride in partnership with Uber and Lyft in partnership with Mobileye will begin to operate commercial robotaxi services later this year and into next year, as Dallas begins to emerge as a major robotaxi market.

    Beyond Waymo, the episode explores broader industry signals, from sidewalk delivery robots that are scaling, to Zoox’s extremely limited San Francisco deployment despite Amazon resources, and the accelerating Chinese robotaxi expansion into Europe.


    Episode Chapters

    0:00 Waymo’s On-Going Expansion

    2:21 Waymo’s Disney World Opportunity

    8:04 Waymo’s Six Stages of Autonomy

    14:45 Waymo’s Upcoming Dallas Launch

    18:08 Dallas Robotaxi Competition

    20:36 Waymo’s Current Political Issues

    25:09 Scaling Delivery Robots

    28:41 Zoox Has Scale Ambitions

    32:34 Foreign Autonomy Desk

    33:21 Next Week


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    37 mins
  • Waymo's Highway Unlock Is Real. Its Moat Still Isn't.
    Nov 15 2025

    This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo's great highway unlock, their Bay Area expansion to 260 square miles and the launch of commercial service at the San Jose Airport.Despite the expansion, Waymo remains sharply vehicle-constrained. Bloomberg reported this week that the company is operating roughly 1,000 vehicles in the Bay Area, 700 in Los Angeles, 500 in Phoenix, 200 in Austin, and just 100 in Atlanta, for a total fleet of approximately 2,500 vehicles spread across all markets.In the autonomous trucking market, Kodiak continues to demonstrate that the economics work. With 10 fully driverless trucks generating revenue in the Permian Basin, the company logged 5,200 paid hours last quarter, up 166% from Q2, a meaningful validation of the model.Wrapping up the conversation, Grayson and Walt examine why technology leadership means nothing without scalable manufacturing partnerships and now how autonomous trucking is pulling ahead of robotaxis on business model execution, and what global expansion in Abu Dhabi and Singapore signals about the global competitive landscape.


    Episode Chapters0:00 Waymo Expands to Highways3:58 Vehicle Supply16:56 California Airports19:28 Tesla FSD Update21:42 Uber Ski25:21 Kodiak29:40 Foreign Autonomy Desk30:40 Next Week


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    32 mins