Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’
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Uber Improves Restaurant Recommendations Using Real-Time Signals and Listwise Ranking
Uber updates its Uber Eats Home Feed recommendation system using near real-time user sequence features and a Generative Recommender model. The system …
Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis
Uber is putting its own autonomous vehicles back on the road as part of its new AV Lab project to collect data for its dozens of robotaxi partners. Th…
Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation
Rapido has driven its growth by enabling ride-hailing for lower-cost and more flexible modes of transport such as motorbikes and autorickshaws.
Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations
Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027.
Uber has always wanted to be more than a ride; now it has reason to hurry
The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry — as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform — but the consumer-f…
TechCrunch Mobility: Lime’s IPO gamble
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
Uber partner Avride is under investigation for self-driving crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Avride after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor i…
Lime, the Uber-backed micromobility company, files for IPO
After years of hints and preparation, Lime plans to enter the public markets.
Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch
The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet.
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered custome…
Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
Today, I’m talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. It’s become something of an annual tradition to have Dara join us in the studio when he comes to N…
TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies
Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursda…