Tech Voices: Waymo's freeway robotaxis, Anthropic's $50B buildout

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* Alphabet's (GOOG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GOOG]) (GOOGL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GOOGL]) Waymo said its robotaxis will now be driving on freeways in Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles.

"We're offering freeway access to a growing number of public riders and will introduce the service to more over time, including as we expand freeway capabilities to Austin, Atlanta, and beyond," Waymo said in a statement posted on its blog [https://waymo.com/blog/2025/11/taking-riders-further-safely-with-freeways].

Other companies developing robotaxi services include Tesla (TSLA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TSLA]), Amazon's (AMZN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMZN]) Zoox, Uber (UBER [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UBER]), Lyft (LYFT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LYFT]), Pony.ai (PONY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PONY]), and Baidu (BIDU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BIDU]).

* Anthropic said it plans to invest $50 billion in building out its U.S. computing infrastructure, which includes data centers in Texas and New York.

“We’re getting closer to AI that can accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways that weren’t possible before. Realizing that potential requires infrastructure that can support continued development at the frontier,” said Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei in a statement [https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-invests-50-billion-in-american-ai-infrastructure].

“These sites will help us build more capable AI systems that can drive those breakthroughs, while creating American jobs," he added.

Major investors in Anthropic include Amazon (AMZN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMZN]) and Alphabet (GOOG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GOOG]) (GOOGL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GOOGL]).

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