Mobility company Moove has expanded its partnership with California-based Waymo to bring autonomous ride-hailing to London.

Moove, which last year moved its headquarters for the Netherlands to Dubai,  will work with Waymo to lay the operational groundwork for an autonomous ride-hailing service in London. The partnership aims to continue to shape the future of mobility, and bring safe, efficient and sustainable fully autonomous ride-hailing to one of the world’s most dynamic ride-hailing markets.

Moove already operates a mobility business in London, and its deep operational expertise and local knowledge make the company a suitable partner to support Waymo’s entry into the UK capital.

“We’re excited by a future where Waymo’s safe and reliable autonomous technology is available in London, transforming how the capital moves,” said Ladi Delano, co-CEO of Moove. “This partnership represents a major step forward for urban mobility, bringing world-class innovation to one of the world’s greatest cities.”

By combining Waymo’s technology and autonomous ride-hailing expertise with Moove’s operational know-how, this partnership wants to move London closer to a future of safer, cleaner and more accessible city transport.

“For Londoners, this marks the beginning of a new era, one where safe, efficient and sustainable travel becomes part of everyday life,” Delano said.

Moove operates the world’s largest manned ride-hail fleet, with more than 39,000 vehicles across 29 cities. Having achieved EBITDA break-even in 2024 and on course for $400m in annual recurring revenue this year, Moove is now developing the infrastructure layer that will enable the global scale-up of level-four autonomy. Moove is launching a series C round to fund this next phase of growth.

Launched in 2020, Moove (www.moove.io) is operating across 29 cities on five continents. More than 160 million trips have been completed to date. Over $500m has been raised in combined equity and debt from w investors such as Uber, Mubadala, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Janus Henderson and IFC (World Bank).

Waymo (waymo.com), formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, is an autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.

“We’re thrilled to bring the reliability, safety and magic of Waymo to Londoners,” said Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana. “Waymo is making roads safer and transportation more accessible where we operate. We’ve demonstrated how to responsibly scale fully autonomous ride-hailing, and we can’t wait to expand the benefits of our technology to the UK.”

UK secretary of state for transport Heidi Alexander added: “I’m delighted that Waymo intends to bring their services to London next year, under our proposed piloting scheme. Boosting the AV sector will increase accessible transport options alongside bringing jobs, investment and opportunities to the UK. Cutting edge investment like this will help us deliver our mission to be world-leaders in new technology and spearhead national renewal that delivers real change in our communities.”