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Alex KendallAlex Kendall

Alex Kendall

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.

Ph.D., University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
TwitterTwitter
LinkedInLinkedIn31.7K
TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceAutonomous VehiclesEntrepreneurship
$1.3B
Funding Raised (Wayve)
50,527+
Google Scholar Citations
31.7K
LinkedIn Followers
7+
Years as CEO (Wayve)
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Work Experience

WayveWayve
Wayve

Co-Founder & CEO

Sep 2017 - Present
Responsibilities
Wayve is building AV2.0—a next generation autonomous driving system that can quickly and safely adapt to new driving domains anywhere in the world. I firmly believe that large scale deployment of autonomy will only be possible with an intelligent, data-driven solution using a lean sensor and compute stack. We've raised $1.3b and are assembling a team of exceptional people to build exactly this. We're hiring across our offices in London, Silicon Valley and Vancouver! If you have a passion for building AI and seeing the impact of it embodied in the physical world, I'd love to chat. https://wayve.ai/join-us/
University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

Research Fellow at Trinity College

Jan 2017 - Oct 2021
Responsibilities
An academic research fellowship that I was awarded in the third year of my PhD, elected by a board of Royal Society Fellows and Nobel Laureates.
Scape Technologies LtdScape Technologies Ltd
Scape Technologies Ltd

Scientific Advisor

Oct 2017 - Jan 2020
Responsibilities
Scape (acquired by Facebook in 2020) built one of the first APIs for city-scale localisation with computer vision.
Skydio IncSkydio Inc
Skydio Inc

Research Engineer

Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
Responsibilities
Skydio launched the world’s first autonomous consumer drone. I designed the deep learning algorithm which progressed the drone from being able to track only people wearing a specific coloured t-shirt, to being able to track humans in general. I had a lot of fun testing the drone's ability to autonomously follow me while mountain biking in California.
BecaBeca
Beca

Software Engineer

Feb 2014 - Aug 2014
Responsibilities
A wonderful half year working as a consultant on enterprise software, analytics and AR/VR between my undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

Education

University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

2014 - 2017
Field of Study
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Deep Learning
University of AucklandUniversity of Auckland
University of Auckland

BE(Hons.)

2011 - 2013
Field of Study
BE(Hons.) - Mechatronics Engineering

Key Highlights

Current Role

Co-founder & CEO of Wayve, pioneering Embodied AI for autonomous driving.

Company Funding

Wayve has raised $1.3B to develop AV2.0, a next-generation autonomous driving system.

Expertise

Expert in Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Robotics from the University of Cambridge.

Recent Award

Awarded the 2025 Eurostar for Innovation by Automotive News.

Professional Profile

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.

Core Technologies
Autonomous VehiclesEmbodied AIDeep LearningComputer VisionRobotics
Professional Roles
CEOCo-founderEntrepreneurshipStartup Leadership

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