Waymo is likely trying to pull all the big money that would otherwise feed the other players. With Softbank out, there are only so many options. This round is

Waymo is likely trying to pull all the big money that would otherwise feed the other players. With Softbank out, there are only so many options. This round is probably a lot more about draining opportunities for capital from others and less about paying for cars (a factory would be about $1b) or cloud (which they get wholesale from G, not to mention software for free).