# Brandon Basso

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Brandon Basso (Head of Simulation & Validation, Wayve) talking, from an interview on MTS published Nov 8, 2026.

- Role: Head of Simulation & Validation, Wayve

## What Brandon Basso said

- [Wayve learns safety instead of relying on checkers](https://realalpha.app/s/wayve-learns-safety-instead-of-relying-on-checkers/)
  MTS · Nov 8, 2026 · 3 min
  > “the main message here is that the way that we've built the driving stack is with safety as an intrinsic property versus an extrinsic bolt on property” — Brandon Basso · [12:50](https://realalpha.app/v/XEJtFxyWlXk/?t=770)
- [Wayve combines road data, OEMs, and simulation](https://realalpha.app/s/wayve-combines-road-data-oems-and-simulation/)
  MTS · Nov 8, 2026 · 5 min
  > “if we can get that and we can incorporate something that happened on a highway 10 years ago into our corpus, then we can build a better driver.” — Brandon Basso · [12:23](https://realalpha.app/v/XEJtFxyWlXk/?t=743)
- [Wayve expects a shift toward eyes-off driving by 2028](https://realalpha.app/s/wayve-expects-a-shift-toward-eyes-off-driving-by-2028/)
  MTS · Nov 8, 2026 · 3 min
  > “I think there's going to be a big shift in 2027 into 2028” — Brandon Basso · [16:53](https://realalpha.app/v/XEJtFxyWlXk/?t=1013)
- [Wayve grades driving across four dimensions](https://realalpha.app/s/wayve-grades-driving-across-four-dimensions/)
  MTS · Nov 8, 2026 · 3 min
  > “There's no one metric just in the way that you go to any AI leaderboard today.” — Brandon Basso · [5:32](https://realalpha.app/v/XEJtFxyWlXk/?t=332)

## The episode

- [Eyes-Off Autonomous Driving Arrives by 2028 | Brandon Basso](https://realalpha.app/v/XEJtFxyWlXk/) · MTS · Nov 8, 2026