Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
driving

Waymo World Model

Waymo driving simulator built on Genie 3, supporting Waymo's expansion to 11 US cities.

Waymo
Levelmodel
Classdriving
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
ReleasedFeb 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive

Lineage

successorproduct offinetune
Genie 2 to Genie 3: successor, high confidenceGenie 3 to Project Genie: product of, high confidenceGenie 3 to Waymo World Model: finetune, medium confidenceGenie 2Genie 2Google DeepMind, Dec 2024Genie 3Genie 3Google DeepMind, Aug 2025Project GenieProject GenieGoogle DeepMind, Jan 2026Waymo World ModelWaymo World ModelWaymo, Feb 2026
Google DeepMindGenie 3 is the parent (finetune)medium confidencepress claim
Where this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 4 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.

R&D Topics

Identity

Developer
Waymo
Family
not in the notes
Released
Feb 2026 sourcessecondary report
Weights published
–
Record checked
10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.

Architecture and Size

Architecture
not in the notes Genie 3 variant; takes dashcam or phone video; lidar output; controls for driving actions, layout, language
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
video
Output
video, sensor
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).

Openness and Access

Openness
proprietary
Licence
Proprietary sources
Access routes
internal only
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.

Deployment

Runs on
not in the notes
Footprint
not in the notes
Runtimes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.

Indonesia

Indonesian support
not stated
Regional languages
not in the notes
Jakarta hosting
unknown
Languages
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.

Benchmark Results

The notes record no benchmark result for this model.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. Genie (world model) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(AI_model)

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Waymo World Model", https://aurion.semai.id/models/waymo-world-model/, records of October 2026.