SAN DIEGO, CA and LONDON, UK, Mar 13, 2026 – Qualcomm Technologies and Wayve are collaborating to deliver an advanced driver assistance and automated driving system for automakers worldwide. The collaboration integrates Wayve AI Driver with Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Ride platform, which includes system on chips (SoCs) and Active Safety software. The pre integrated system supports regulatory and hands off ADAS deployment and expansion to broader driving environments. The platform is designed to simplify implementation for automakers while supporting safety, reliability, scalability, and development timelines.
“ADAS is where scale, safety, and real‑world impact matter most for automakers today,” said Anshuman Saxena, vice president and GM, ADAS and robotics, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Snapdragon Ride is built to support the widest range of long‑term platform strategies, enabling automakers to standardize across programs and regions while retaining flexibility. Together with Wayve, we’re empowering automakers with more choice for how advanced driving systems are developed, deployed, and scaled, while also helping them reduce development cycles, effort and risk.”
“Wayve AI Driver is designed as a flexible, vehicle-agnostic software that serves as the intelligence layer for autonomy for any vehicle, anywhere. Our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies provides global automakers building on Snapdragon Ride with a streamlined path to deploy market-leading, end-to-end AI automated driving capability alongside Qualcomm’s Active Safety stack,” said Alex Kendall, co‑founder and CEO of Wayve. “By combining our embodied AI driving intelligence with Qualcomm Technologies’ compute performance, platform maturity and global scale, we are expanding choice and delivering immediate value to automakers across ADAS and automated driving systems, with natural progression from hands-off to eyes-off operation.”
The platform integrates Wayve AI Driver with Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Ride hardware and Active Safety software. The integration combines AI driving software with automotive compute and safety systems in one platform. Automakers can deploy ADAS/AD functions while allowing customization and upgrades. The companies also plan to evaluate Qualcomm Technologies’ SoCs for future Level 4 robotaxi platforms.
Wayve AI Driver learns driving behavior from large‑scale real‑world data and operates across regions, road conditions and driving environments. Snapdragon Ride provides automotive compute for on device AI processing. Snapdragon Ride with Active Safety stack includes redundancy, real time monitoring, and secure system isolation. Snapdragon Ride also scales from Snapdragon Ride Elite systems to mainstream vehicle platforms, which supports use of a common architecture across different programs and driving capability levels. It also supports flexible system design and integration, and software and AI reuse across platforms, tiers, and model years.
The pre integrated platform combines Wayve AI Driver with Snapdragon Ride and Active Safety software. Automakers can use the platform to deploy ADAS/AD functions. The architecture also provides a path to support higher levels of driving capability during the vehicle lifecycle. The open design offers an alternative to fragmented or closed development approaches. Automakers can apply the same platform across vehicle programs and regions while maintaining different vehicle models and brand features.
Source: Qualcomm Technologies
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, is a leading American semiconductor and wireless technology company headquartered in San Diego, CA. Established in 1985, the company specializes in designing and supplying integrated circuits and system software for wireless telecommunications. Its product portfolio includes Snapdragon processors, modems, and platforms utilized in smartphones, automotive systems, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and industrial equipment. Qualcomm operates primarily through two segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), which focuses on semiconductor products, and Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), which manages its patent portfolio. The company serves a global clientele across various industries, including mobile, automotive, computing, and industrial sectors, leveraging its expertise in 5G, AI and low-power computing to drive innovation and connectivity worldwide.
About Wayve
Wayve is an driving technology company founded in 2017 by Alex Kendall and Amar Shah. The company develops AI software for driver assistance and self-driving vehicles. Its main product is the AI Driver system, which uses machine learning and camera data to control vehicle behavior. The software enables vehicles to perceive their surroundings and make driving decisions without relying on high-definition maps. Wayve licenses its technology to automakers and mobility companies developing passenger vehicles and autonomous mobility services. The company works with industries including automotive manufacturing, transportation technology, and robotics. Wayve is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It operates research and engineering teams in Europe and North America and collaborates with automotive partners. Wayve employs about 400 people worldwide.