| Type | Robotics & world models |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Alex Kendall, Amar Shah |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Website | wayve.ai |
Wayve hiring
Wayve lists 175 open roles on its Ashby job board today, and 32 of them are research, model, training or inference roles. Top locations: Sunnyvale, California USA (75), London, United Kingdom (49), Leonberg, Germany (21), Tokyo, Japan (19), Detroit, Michigan USA (5).
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data Curation & Dataset StrategySunnyvale, California USA
- Model Release EngineerLondon, United Kingdom
- Applied Scientist / Machine Learning EngineerSunnyvale, California USA
- Principal Machine Learning Engineer, 3D Geometric VisionSunnyvale, California USA
- Staff / Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Reinforcement LearningSunnyvale, California USA
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & IndexSunnyvale, California USA
- Staff ML Performance Engineer, Performance ArchitectureSunnyvale, California USA
- Staff / Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AV CoreSunnyvale, California USA
- Machine Learning Engineer, Application SoftwareSunnyvale, California USA
- Senior ML Performance Engineer, Inference OptimisationLondon, United Kingdom
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, ADAS London, United Kingdom
- Applied Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer, Gaia London, United Kingdom
Source: Wayve careers (Ashby), read 2 Nov 2026. All research roles at tracked labs.
Wayve funding filings
We found no Form D filed by Wayve itself under this name. Many labs raise through foreign entities or file under a different legal name.
Investment vehicles named after Wayve
3 special-purpose vehicles carrying the Wayve name have filed a Form D, 1 of them in the last 12 months. SPVs pool money from smaller investors to buy into one company, often on the secondary market, so a rising count is a sign of investor demand.
- Seminal Wayve AI Fund, L.P.21 Jan 2026
- Seminal Wayve AI Fund, L.P.3 Feb 2025
- Linse Capital Wayve LLC11 Mar 2022
- Linse Capital Wayve LLC10 Mar 2022
- Indus Valley Wayve SPV, a series of NDSPV Investments, LP17 Oct 2019
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "Wayve", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
Wayve: quick answers
Is Wayve hiring?
Yes. Wayve had 175 open roles on its job board on 2 Nov 2026, including 32 research and model roles.
Who founded Wayve?
Wayve was founded in 2017 by Alex Kendall, Amar Shah.
People at Wayve
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