Dmitri Dolgov
Co-CEO of Waymo and a founder of the Google self-driving car project; formerly Waymo's CTO
Dmitri Dolgov is co-CEO of Waymo, the autonomous driving technology company, alongside Tekedra Mawakana. Dolgov is one of the founders of the Google self-driving car project, which began in 2009 and became Waymo in 2016, and focuses on developing and deploying the Waymo Driver, the company's in-house autonomous driving stack.12
Career
Before Google's self-driving effort, Dolgov worked on autonomous driving at Toyota and at Stanford as part of Stanford's DARPA Urban Challenge team. Dolgov was one of the founders of the Google self-driving car project in 2009.1
The project became Waymo, an independent self-driving technology company under Alphabet, in 2016. Dolgov served as Waymo's CTO and is now co-CEO, responsible for overall company strategy with a primary focus on the Waymo Driver.132
Products and projects
Waymo launched Waymo One, a commercial autonomous ride-hailing service, in Metro Phoenix in 2018 and opened its rider-only service there to the public in 2020. The company later moved its fleet to all-electric vehicles and, in 2026, added a new vehicle, the Ojai.3
Work
Waymo Driver (external site: waymo.com)
As co-CEO, primarily responsible for developing and deploying the Waymo Driver, a custom, fully autonomous technology stack designed in-house; previously led its technology as CTO.1
Career timeline
2009
2016
The self-driving project became Waymo, an independent company under Alphabet.13
2018
Waymo launched Waymo One, its commercial autonomous ride-hailing service.3
2020
Waymo opened its fully autonomous, rider-only Waymo One service to the public.3
2026
Waymo added the Ojai vehicle to its fleet and launched it to riders.3
Other documented roles
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- Abubakar AbidAlso from Stanford
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- Albert GuAlso from Stanford
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- Andrej KarpathyAlso from Stanford
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