Robotaxi pilots with Uber planned

Nissan driver-assist integration targeted

Launched $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation

Experienced a significant AI budget blowout due to unmanaged Claude Code usage.

Uber acquired the luxury chauffeur booking platform Blacklane to expand its executive travel business.

CEO Dara Khosrowshahi predicts AI agents will surpass human engineers in ROI within 5 years

Plans to hire more software engineers initially as AI makes them more efficient

Will eventually shift investment from human engineers to AI systems and GPU power

Secured $1.5 billion in funding at an $8.6 billion valuation, the largest single investment in European AI history.

Raised $1.2B Series D at $8.5B valuation