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Pivot · June 7, 2024 · 50m
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on AI, Autonomous Vehicles, and Uber's Future
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins for a wide-ranging interview on how AI powers Uber's pricing, routing, and matching systems, the timeline for autonomous vehicles, and why Uber partnered with Waymo rather than building its own self-driving technology.
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Khosrowshahi frames Uber's AV strategy as a bundle: today's convenience (ride-hailing) paired with tomorrow's promise (autonomous vehicles that are cheaper and safer). The current product keeps users engaged while the future promise justifies Uber's valuation.
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The platform company strategy: let others build the hard technology and aggregate demand for it
Khosrowshahi explains why Uber stopped building self-driving cars and instead partnered with Waymo, Cruise, and others: Uber's competitive advantage isn't building vehicles — it's matching supply and demand. Let the specialists build the cars; Uber will dispatch them.Was this useful?