帕乌拉·塞利格森和卡门·阿罗约报道称，Waymo将其首次债务融资规模提高至50亿美元，借助贷款帮助推动机器人出租车公司的增长，同时在全球范围内扩张。
Waymo increased the size of its inaugural debt raise to $5 billion, tapping lenders to help fuel the robotaxi company’s growth as it expands globally.
据知情人士透露，太平洋投资管理公司、贝尔斯登公司和第六街合伙人公司等投资者参与了这笔私人贷款。
Pacific Investment Management Co., Blackstone Inc. and Sixth Street Partners were among investors who participated in the private loan, according to people familiar with the matter.
知情人士还表示，该笔贷款的定价为基准利率上加5.25个百分点，并要求不具名讨论这笔私人交易。此前，彭博社报道称Waymo最初寻求借款超过30亿美元用于其首笔债务交易。
The deal priced at 5.25 percentage points over the benchmark rate, the people added, asking not to be identified discussing a private transaction. Waymo had earlier sought to borrow more than $3 billion for its first debt deal, Bloomberg previously reported.
知情人士表示，该笔贷款已分配完毕，预计即将正式关闭。Waymo与高盛集团合作安排了这笔交易。
The loan has been allocated and is expected to formally close soon, the people said. Waymo worked with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to arrange the deal.
PIMCO、贝尔斯登和高盛的发言人拒绝评论。Waymo和第六街的发言人未回应置评请求。
Representatives for Pimco, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs declined to comment. Representatives for Waymo and Sixth Street did not respond to requests for comment.
Waymo是Alphabet公司的自动驾驶部门，正面临人工智能成本上升的挑战，同时快速扩建无驾驶员汽车队。该公司正在将服务扩展到更多美国城市，包括拉斯维加斯和底特律，并计划未来几年将机器人出租车业务拓展到亚洲，进入日本和新加坡等地。Waymo的目标是今年实现每周100万次付费乘车。
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, is grappling with rising artificial-intelligence costs as it rapidly builds out its fleet of driverless cars. The company is expanding its services to more US cities, including Las Vegas and Detroit, while pushing into Asia with plans to bring its robotaxis to Japan and Singapore in the coming years. Waymo has set a goal of operating 1 million paid weekly rides this year.
此前，Waymo一直依赖股权市场帮助资助其增长。该公司今年早些时候以1260亿美元的估值筹集了160亿美元资金，这笔融资反映了它作为机器人出租车先驱的快速崛起，同时最近还为其自动驾驶汽车定制了一款专用芯片。
Previously, Waymo relied on the equity markets to help fund its growth. The company raised $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation earlier this year, a funding round that reflected its rapid ascent as a robotaxi pioneer, and recently built a custom chip for its self-driving cars.