Waymo, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc, is taking more office space in San Francisco. While Google has maintained its space in San Francisco, many other tech companies have sought to offload millions of square feet they previously leased. In August, the company began opening taxi services to select passengers in San Francisco, but those rides will include a safety driver at the wheel. But in 2017, Waymo sued Uber and accused the company of using trade secrets for its self-driving program taken from a Waymo engineer, Anthony Levandowski, who had moved to the ride-hailing company. The companies settled the following year, with Uber agreeing to pay Waymo US$245mil (RM1.01bil).
