I recently took a trip across town in a Waymo car, which — starting Tuesday — is available for Austin riders exclusively on the Uber app. Why it matters: A growing number of Austin residents now have access to the technology,

Waymo is starting out in Silicon Valley much like it did in San Francisco: it will begin with a small group of customers in Los Altos, Palo Alto, Mountain View and parts of Sunnyvale.

Waymo, the self-driving car company has expanded its driverless ride-hailing service to include 27 square miles of California’s famed Silicon Valley.