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Lagos-Founded Moove Raises $250M at $2.1bn Valuation to Build Autonomous Vehicle Infrastructure — None of It in Africa
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The funding will support autonomous fleet ownership and what Moove calls “Nests” — robotics-first depot infrastructure where autonomous fleets are charged, serviced, maintained and orchestrated for continuous operation.
Moove expects to grow its autonomous vehicle workforce by more than 220% by year-end, from roughly 150 employees to about 500.
The infrastructure argumentMoove’s thesis is that autonomy is an infrastructure problem rather than purely a software one.
Scaling driverless services requires capital, fleet ownership, charging infrastructure, maintenance, operational orchestration and around-the-clock city-level execution — the layer Moove has spent five years building for human-driven ride-hailing and is now extending to autonomous systems.
Through its partnership with Waymo, Moove is already one of the leading third-party autonomous fleet operators, with live operations in Phoenix and Miami and London confirmed as its first international expansion.