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Raquel Urtasun
@RaquelUrtasun
Founder & CEO @Waabi_ai Professor at @UofT Co-Founder @VectorInst
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
cs.toronto.edu/~urtasun/
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 3
    After a few years of heads down building @Waabi_ai , I’m back at @CVPR ! Come and chat after my talks today: → 10:35 AM: Deployment of Foundation Models for Embodied AI: wdfm-eai.github.io/CVPR26/ → 4:30 PM: Workshop on Autonomous Driving: cvpr2026.wad.vision This community
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jul 1, 2020
    I got promoted to Full Professor at #UofT! This is dedicated to my team, which are the ones that make my success. So proud to work with you all!
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 8, 2021
    Super excited to share the next step of my #AI journey with the founding of my own company and an incredible $83.5M Series A financing round. Join me @Waabi_ai and help us build the next generation of self-driving tech, check out waabi.ai globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Feb 25, 2021
    Today is my last day @Uber after 4 wonderful years. Thank you @dkhos for your support and leadership. Solving #selfdriving is my life's passion and I'm super excited for what comes next. Will share an update soon. Stay tuned!
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jul 3, 2020
    12 papers accepted at #ECCV (2 orals, 2 spotlights, 8 posters), 3 papers accepted at IROS and the promotion to Full professor @UofT . All this week! I feel like I can take summer holidays now... if it wasn't for CORL... and the camera readys... and ...
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Oct 12, 2021
    Today, together with my collaborators Andreas Geiger, Philip Lenz and Christoph Stiller, I was awarded the 2021 Everingham Prize for KITTI at #ICCV21, which enabled many breakthroughs in #SelfDrivingCars. Thank you, truly an honor!
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 14, 2020
    I finally got a twitter account! @Uber @UofT @VectorInst @UberATG #SelfDrivingCars #selfdriving Stay safe!
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 18, 2024
    Today marks a huge milestone for @waabi – we’ve raised $200M USD in an oversubscribed Series B round, led by @Uber & @khoslaventures. This significant investment will accelerate our progress toward launching fully driverless trucks in 2025!
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    Waabi raises $200M to launch fully driverless trucks in 2025
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 19, 2020
    I have uploaded my 9 #CVPR2020 workshop keynotes on my new YouTube channel youtube.com/channel/UCLGGm…. This is 6h of content about all aspects of self-driving: perception, prediction, motion planning, localization, V2V, Q/A, HD maps, etc #SelfDrivingCars
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Mar 8, 2022
    On this International Women’s Day, I'm honored to be recognized as one of @WOIGlobal 2022’s Top 25 Women of Influence! Congrats to all the amazing recipients! #WOITop25 bit.ly/3pXDvif
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Nov 16, 2022
    I’m extremely proud of the @Waabi_ai team for all the amazing work that has gone into making Waabi Driver. This solution marks the next generation of autonomous trucking. I’m so excited to share this with you all!
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    Waabi
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    Nov 16, 2022
    We are extremely excited to unveil the Waabi Driver: the next gen of autonomous trucking technology. Powered by our AI-first approach, the Waabi Driver is safe, scalable, and ready for trucking now. Learn more here: waabi.ai/introducing-th…
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 8, 2021
    Thanks so much for your support @geoffreyhinton. It means so much coming from someone I deeply admire!
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    Geoffrey Hinton
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    Jun 8, 2021
    I am excited to support @raquelutrasun as she begins her next chapter with @Waabi_ai. She has been an AI pioneer for the last 20 years and will bring new thinking to an incredibly important space.
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Sep 7, 2021
    Research internships are now available @Waabi_ai. All year long, with duration of 3-12 months. Available in both Canada as well as US. Join the team at the forefront of innovation in #SelfDrivingCars ! Apply: jobs.lever.co/waabi/ad3c77da…
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    Raquel Urtasun
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    Jun 14, 2023
    Next week @CVPR, the @Waabi_ai team is presenting a groundbreaking paper unveiling a core part of the tech that powers our revolutionary closed-loop simulator, Waabi World. Check out our blog below for more details. So proud of the amazing Waabi team! waabi.ai/introducing-un…
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