 In May 2018, Waymo established a subsidiary in Shanghai, Huimo Business Consulting, with $441,000 of funding.In February 2017, Waymo sued Uber and its subsidiary self-driving trucking company, Otto, for allegedly stealing trade secrets and patent infringment.The company claimed that three ex-Google employees including, Anthony Levandowski, had stolen trade secrets, including thousands of driverless car technology files from Google, before joining Uber.