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Raquel Urtasun on Level-4 Autonomous Trucks

Mar 13, 2026
Raquel Urtasun on Level-4 Autonomous Trucks

Raquel Urtasun has spent 16 years in the self-driving space , long enough to navigate every metaphorical glorious hill and plunging valley . She took the trip from the early “pipe dream” dismissals, to the “we’re this close” certainty, and back again. The industry is now riding a new wave of optimism and investment, including at Waabi Innovation Inc. , the autonomous trucking company that Urtasun founded in 2001. The Spanish-Canadian professor at the University of Toronto , and former chief scientist of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, has helped make...