Waabi's new simulator could scale autonomous vehicle tech faster – TechCrunch

Testing autonomous vehicles on public roads is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor, and one that Raquel Urtasun, former chief scientist at Uber ATG, doesn't think is the most expedient route to market. Waabi, Urtasun's self-driving truck technology startup that launched last June, has come out with a key component of its strategy to scale its tech – Waabi World, a high-fidelity closed-loop simulator that doesn't just virtually test Waabi's self-driving software, but also teaches it in real time.