Kirsten Korosek

Kirsten Korosek appears in Robotaxis moved into the fast lane in 2025 as the TechCrunch transportation editor interviewed by Marketplace Tech about robotaxis in 2025. Her role is to turn the year’s visible Waymo expansion into a broader industry status check covering hype cycles, consolidation, permits, competitors, regulation, public reaction, and profitability.

Korosek’s framing is useful because it refuses to treat the 2025 robotaxi moment as either pure breakthrough or pure hype. She points to long development work and commercial permits as real progress, while still emphasizing that Robotaxi Economics, Autonomous Vehicle Regulatory Patchwork, and Robotaxi Local Acceptance remain open in 2026.

Connections

• TechCrunch - publication and role context.
• Marketplace Tech - interview setting.
• Waymo, Zoox, Tesla, Uber, Wayve, [[AVRide|AV Ride]], WeRide, [[PonyAI|Pony.ai]], and Momenta - companies she discusses or names.
• Robotaxi Economics, Autonomous Vehicle Regulatory Patchwork, and Robotaxi Local Acceptance - main concepts her interview sharpens.