Drago Anguelov
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
Waymo's Foundation Model for Autonomous Driving with Drago Anguelov
- Published
- March 31, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 9m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses machine-learning, multimodal, foundation-models, generative-ai.
Summary
Today, we're joined by Drago Anguelov, head of AI foundations at Waymo, for a deep dive into the role of foundation models in autonomous driving. Drago shares how Waymo is leveraging large-scale machine learning, including vision-language models and generative AI techniques to improve perception, planning, and simulation for its self-driving vehicles. The…
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Today, we're joined by Drago Anguelov, head of AI foundations at Waymo, for a deep dive into the role of foundation models in autonomous driving. Drago shares how Waymo is leveraging large-scale machine learning, including vision-language models and generative AI techniques to improve perception, planning, and simulation for its self-driving vehicles. The conversation explores the evolution of Waymo’s research stack, their custom “Waymo Foundation Model,” and how they’re incorporating multimodal
Themes
- machine-learning
- multimodal
- foundation-models
- generative-ai