According to Sawyer Merritt, Waymo has unveiled a comprehensive AI strategy in its latest blog post, demonstrating how its unified world-model, the Waymo Foundation Model, enables faster expansion of autonomous ride services while prioritizing safety (source: Waymo blog, Dec 2025). By integrating a 'Think Fast/Think Slow' architecture that blends rapid sensor fusion with deep semantic reasoning, Waymo’s ecosystem goes beyond just building a smart driver. The system incorporates a closed-loop simulator for rigorous training and a critic module for ongoing evaluation. This holistic approach underpins a continuous learning cycle, where real and simulated driving data refine AI models and ensure only safety-validated updates are deployed. As a result, Waymo has surpassed 100 million fully autonomous miles and reports a more than ten-fold reduction in severe-injury crashes compared to human drivers, underscoring the business impact and scalability of safe AI in autonomous transportation (source: Waymo blog, Dec 2025).