Interview with Raquel Urtasun, Part 2: 🔷 Now, speaking to people more familiar with the space, what sets Waabi apart in such a competitive field? 🔶 Waabi’s unique approach leverages an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale. The Waabi Driver is our autonomous virtual driving system, composed of both an AI autonomy stack and hardware (i.e., sensors and embedded compute). The AI model is capable of reasoning, enabling it to generalize to all possible situations on the road, regardless of if the truck has experienced them before. The Waabi Driver's training and validation is enhanced by the use of a virtual environment called Waabi World, our high-fidelity, neural simulator. Simulation enables efficient, comprehensive testing of edge cases and scenarios—making every mile driven more valuable, targeted, and safe. Waabi has an unparalleled advantage through faster time to market and substantially reduced costs. Our product offers superior scalability, supporting much faster geographic expansion and seamless OEM integration across multiple vehicle platforms. It provides higher economic value by enabling direct delivery to customer distribution centers and delivers enhanced safety performance. Finally, this approach has established a foundation that will unlock rapid expansion into a diverse set of Physical AI use cases—from robotaxis and intelligent warehouse systems to advanced humanoid robots. 🔷You’ve recently unveiled a new breakthrough called Mixed Reality Testing (MRT), can you explain that to us? 🔶 Closed-course testing has been a staple of vehicle safety testing for over 100 years, allowing manufacturers to test new models of vehicles in controlled environments. Test tracks require elaborate coordination similar to movie stunt productions, making consistent test reproduction challenging. Additionally, closed courses cannot replicate the complexity and unpredictability of real-world driving conditions, including rare but safety-critical scenarios. Mixed Reality Testing is a revolutionary alternative that transforms what's possible in a closed course. Imagine an autonomous truck fitted out with a pair of highly sophisticated AR goggles that overlay a rich, dynamic virtual world onto the physical environment. MRT combines a real truck and physical environment with synthetic scenarios generated and executed in real-time by Onboard Waabi World. It unlocks unlimited testing possibilities that were previously impossible to achieve safely or practically — traffic jams, accidents on the road, aggressive drivers cutting you off. This breakthrough brings rigorous safety standards to the next level, and is one of the key innovations that has enabled Waabi to be faster and safer. #AI #Innovation #Mobility #Waabi #PorscheSE
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Porsche Automobil Holding SE (“Porsche SE”) is a European Company (Societas Europaea) and is headquartered at Porscheplatz 1 in 70435 Stuttgart, Germany. Porsche SE is a holding company with investments in the areas of mobility and industrial technology. In particular, it holds the majority of the ordinary shares in Volkswagen AG, one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world. In addition to the investment in Volkswagen, the Porsche SE Group holds 25 percent plus one share of the ordinary shares in Porsche AG. Furthermore, Porsche SE owns a stake in the PTV Group, which was fully consolidated until 31 December 2021, as well as non-controlling interests in several technology companies based in the USA, Israel and Germany. The investment strategy of Porsche SE aims to create sustainable value for its shareholders. This is based on the increase in value of assets under management as well as dividend distributions. The investments of Porsche SE fall into two categories. The first category includes the long-term core investment in Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG. The second category comprises portfolio investments that Porsche SE generally holds for a temporary period of time. Typically, such investments are characterized by their high potential for growth and for increasing value during the holding period. The sector focus in both investment categories is on mobility and industrial technology. Details pls see: https://www.porsche-se.com/en/company/holding-structure Data privacy: https://www.porsche-se.com/en/contact/data-privacy
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Last year, Porsche Automobil Holding SE and its recently launched venture fund Incharge Capital Partners invested in Waabi, a pioneering AI company transforming the future of autonomous trucking. Today, we reflect on the investment and look ahead to the future with Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi. 🚛✨ 🔷 Raquel, great to speak with you. To start, how would you explain Waabi to someone unfamiliar with the field of autonomous driving? 🔶 Since ChatGPT's breakthrough in 2022, AI has transformed the digital world. Now, the next revolution is unfolding in the physical world—where AI will fundamentally change how we move and interact with our environment. This shift represents one of the most significant technological inflection points of our time. This new frontier necessitates innovative approaches to building AI systems that can generalize to every possible real-world situation, operate with next-level efficiency, and be validated and verified as safe through robust scientific evidence. At Waabi, we’re pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucking. By solving critical challenges like road safety, driver shortages, vehicle utilization, and fuel consumption, we’re making long-haul trucking more efficient, sustainable, and safe. Ultimately, we're transforming how the world moves goods—enabling everything from medical supplies and food to clothing and machinery to be delivered without a human driver behind the wheel. 🚗💬This concludes Part 1 of the interview. 🎤 Stay tuned for Part 2+3 – coming tomorrow on our Porsche Automobil Holding SE LinkedIn channel. #AI #AutonomousTrucking #Innovation #Mobility #Waabi #PorscheSE
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Successful Series D funding round! Big news from proteanTecs: Our portfolio company has raised $51M in Series D funding from new financial and strategic investors and existing shareholders. The funds will support proteanTecs to drive innovations across the electronics value chain further, continue the global scale-up and accelerate the roll-out with major customers. 👏 Well done, Shai Cohen, Eran Ben Horin and team! #semiconductors, #OnChipMonitors #GenAI #proteanTecs
Big news! Today we’re proud to announce our $51M Series D funding round, led by IAG Capital Partners with participation from Samsung Catalyst Fund, Arm, Siemens, and our existing investors. Electronics are the backbone of our digital world. As systems become more complex, the need for reliability, power efficiency, performance and safety has never been greater. proteanTecs’ deep data monitoring is helping customers across datacenter, AI, automotive, telecommunications, and mobile industries meet these challenges at scale. This investment marks more than just a funding milestone. It represents a strong vote of confidence from world-class partners in our technology, our team, and the impact we’re making across the electronics value chain. We’re grateful to our new and existing investors for their trust, and energized to keep scaling, innovating, and delivering the future of electronics monitoring. Shai Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO of proteanTecs “We’re grateful for the trust and commitment of both our new and existing investors. We will continue expanding our global presence, accelerating roll-out with major customers, and introducing new innovations that reshape how electronics are built and operated.” Alonso Galván, Co-Founder at IAG Capital Partners - “proteanTecs has built a compelling business by addressing a universal need - ensuring high-performance electronics work reliably and efficiently. Their solution is deeply embedded in customers’ operations, making it a fundamental part of their infrastructure.” David (Dede) Goldschmidt, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund – “We are very excited to support proteanTecs and their disruptive solutions based on embedded on-chip monitoring data. Their applications provide real time system health visibility, as well as power and performance optimization.” Will Abbey, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Arm - “proteanTecs’ system-level insights will enable a more intelligent, efficient, and reliable hardware infrastructure, from IP to system deployment.” Mike Ellow, CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software) Industries Software – “Whether it’s maintaining 24/7 uptime in hyperscale datacenters, ensuring functional safety in automotive applications, or managing the thermal and workload challenges of clustered AI environments, proteanTecs’ technology, which complements and integrates with Siemens’ Tessent in-field test and monitoring solutions, delivers the deep insights needed to design and run with confidence.” Read the news here: https://lnkd.in/dPF5ABPP IAG Capital Partners Samsung Catalyst Fund Arm Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software) Addition Porsche Automobil Holding SE Intel Capital MediaTek Koch Disruptive Technologies Zeev Ventures Avigdor Willenz #semiconductors, #OnChipMonitors #GenAI #proteanTecs
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👏 Quantum computing, now silicon-native! Our portfolio company Quantum Motion has delivered the industry’s first full-stack silicon CMOS quantum computer. An outstanding breakthrough that brings commercially usable quantum computers closer to reality! Backed by deep expertise and bold execution, James Palles-Dimmock, Hugo Saleh and team continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. 🚀At Porsche Automobil Holding SE, we are proud to be part of this journey.
Quantum Motion has delivered the industry’s first full-stack silicon CMOS quantum computer. “This is quantum computing’s silicon moment,” said James Palles-Dimmock, CEO, Quantum Motion. “Today’s announcement demonstrates you can build a robust, functional quantum computer using the world’s most scalable technology, with the ability to be mass-produced.” Marking a major milestone for silicon-based quantum technology, the system has been installed at the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) Read more: https://lnkd.in/epCAuEDN #CMOS #quantumcomputing #silicon #semiconductors
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🚀 Strengthening Europe’s access to space! Our portfolio company Isar Aerospace has secured two launch service agreements with the European Space Agency - ESA and the European Commission, reinforcing its role as a key enabler of sovereign and commercial launch capabilities in Europe. This milestone reflects the growing momentum behind Isar’s mission to industrialize launch services and deliver scalable, high-cadence access to orbit. 👏 Congratulations to Daniel Metzler and the entire Isar Aerospace team!
We secured two new launch agreements with the European Space Agency - ESA and the European Commission. Our launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’ is set to power Europe’s institutional missions going forward. This is the first time that European institutions sign a launch agreement with a privately funded European launch service provider – a key step in strengthening Europe’s sovereign space access. Read more in our press release: https://lnkd.in/dTeMCQ6x #fromisartospace (c) Isar Aerospace, Location Andøya Spaceport | Photo: D Wise, NASASpaceflight
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🚀 Strengthening Europe’s access to space! Our portfolio company Isar Aerospace has secured two launch service agreements with the European Space Agency - ESA and the European Commission, reinforcing its role as a key enabler of sovereign and commercial launch capabilities in Europe. This milestone reflects the growing momentum behind Isar’s mission to industrialize launch services and deliver scalable, high-cadence access to orbit. 👏 Congratulations to Daniel Metzler and the entire Isar Aerospace team!
We secured two new launch agreements with the European Space Agency - ESA and the European Commission. Our launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’ is set to power Europe’s institutional missions going forward. This is the first time that European institutions sign a launch agreement with a privately funded European launch service provider – a key step in strengthening Europe’s sovereign space access. Read more in our press release: https://lnkd.in/dTeMCQ6x #fromisartospace (c) Isar Aerospace, Location Andøya Spaceport | Photo: D Wise, NASASpaceflight
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💡 AI at the speed of light – enabling the next leap in data center infrastructure! Celestial AI’s Photonic Fabric is redefining how data moves – faster, smarter, and with radically improved energy efficiency. With the successful closing of its Series C1 round, our portfolio company Celestial AI will accelerate the commercial deployment of this breakthrough technology and lead the way in building the infrastructure for next-generation AI computing. Porsche Automobil Holding SE is proud to support this bold vision. 👏 Well done, David Lazovsky and team and great to have you on board Samsung Catalyst Fund and VentureTech Alliance!
We’ve closed our final Series C1 round — bringing total funding to $520M — with new strategic investors VentureTech Alliance and Samsung Catalyst Fund, strengthening our deep semiconductor and foundry partnerships including TSMC. Our #PhotonicFabric™ replaces copper interconnect bottlenecks with optical networking for scale-up with in-network memory and in-network computing, delivering unmatched bandwidth, low latency, and power efficiency for interconnecting thousands of XPUs across multiple racks. The largest AI infrastructure build-out in history is happening now — and we’re here to make it faster, efficient, and future-proof. https://lnkd.in/dJxUuSEU
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Diversification into the defense sector At Porsche Automobil Holding SE, we intend to further advance our diversification strategy in the portfolio segment by increasing our engagement in the defense and defense-related sectors while maintaining our core focus on mobility and industrial technology. In the first half of 2025, Porsche SE generated an adjusted group result after tax of 1.1 billion euro, despite difficult market conditions. Group result after tax was 0.3 billion euro. At the same time, the company was able to optimize its refinancing. Key facts: 🔹 Group net debt reduced to 4.9 billion euro 🔹 Schuldschein loan successfully placed: volume of 1.5 billion euro 🔹 Updated outlook for 2025: adjusted group result after tax of between 1.6 billion euro and 3.6 billion euro Hans Dieter Pötsch, chairman of the board of management: “On our way to becoming a diversified investment platform, we are closely monitoring the areas of defense capability, security and European resilience.” 📢Press release: https://lnkd.in/eYmr6zdJ 📊Half-yearly financial report as of 30 June 2025: https://lnkd.in/d-zSs7E #PorscheSE #FinancialResults #Strategy #InvestmentPlatform #HalfYearResults #FutureTechnologies #Defense
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Our portfolio company Waabi has developed a fascinating new testing paradigm that combines real trucks with virtual scenarios generated in real-time: Mixed Reality Testing! Congratulations to Raquel Urtasun and the entire Waabi team on pushing the boundaries in autonomous driving. At Porsche Automobil Holding SE, we are proud to support you on this journey and look forward to the milestones ahead!
Introducing Mixed Reality Testing: The comprehensive safety solution the AV industry needs. We've developed a totally new paradigm that combines real trucks with virtual scenarios generated in real-time by Onboard Waabi World. Like augmented reality goggles that blend physical and virtual worlds, MRT enables the Waabi Driver to drive autonomously down a real test track while simultaneously sensing and reacting to intelligent, simulated actors that create complex safety critical situations. MRT eliminates the traditional constraints of closed-course testing. We can conduct exponentially more tests than ever before and in a continuous fashion, with extraordinary levels of diversity and realism. Traffic jams materialize instantly, pedestrians jaywalk unpredictably, aggressive drivers weave through traffic, children dart into the street - all tested safely without real-world consequences. This breakthrough builds a foundation for AVs we can truly trust and accelerates the path to safer roads for everyone. See MRT in action: https://lnkd.in/guaVvrCU
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It was a pleasure to welcome Mr. HUANG Yiyang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China, and Mr. CHEN Yan and Mr. LI Shuangcheng, both Consuls of the People’s Republic of China, to Porsche Automobil Holding SE. We appreciated the valuable exchange and believe the tour of Porsche AG’s production facilities offered interesting insights for our guests. Thank you for the visit — we look forward to continuing the dialogue!
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