Wayve hires former Waymo CFO Elisa de Martel as supervised robotaxis enter service

Based in Sunnyvale, de Martel will run finance as Wayve expands supervised robotaxis and prepares automaker integrations.

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Kendall has recruited a finance chief who helped Waymo cross into paid robotaxi service. Wayve now faces the harder task of funding fleet deployments and automaker programs at the same time.

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Wayve founder and CEO Alex Kendall (@alexgkendall) has hired Elisa de Martel, the former chief financial officer of Waymo, to run Wayve's finances as his autonomous-driving research bet moves into public rides and production vehicle programs.…

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