Co-founder & CEO of Wayve, pioneering Embodied AI for autonomous driving.
Co-founder & CEO / Wayve
Alex Kendall is the Co-founder and CEO of Wayve, a company pioneering the development of next-generation autonomous vehicles using Embodied AI and end-to-end deep learning. A proud Kiwi, he co-founded Wayve in 2017 with a vision to replace traditional autonomous vehicle stacks with a data-driven solution. He is also a highly cited researcher in Deep Learning and Computer Vision, with over 50,000 citations for his academic work.
Co-Founder & CEO
Research Fellow at Trinity College
Scientific Advisor
Research Engineer
Software Engineer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
BE(Hons.)
Co-founder & CEO of Wayve, pioneering Embodied AI for autonomous driving.
Wayve has raised $1.3B to develop AV2.0, a next-generation autonomous driving system.
Expert in Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Robotics from the University of Cambridge.
Awarded the 2025 Eurostar for Innovation by Automotive News.
Alex Kendall is a co-founder and CEO of Wayve, a leading UK-based autonomous driving company. His work focuses on bringing Embodied AI into the physical world, leveraging deep learning to create scalable and adaptable self-driving systems.