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Uber and Pony.ai to deploy 2,000 robotaxis across Europe
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Uber and Pony.ai to deploy 2,000 robotaxis across Europe

The pair will expand beyond their Zagreb launch to four more European cities and enter the Middle East, chasing Waymo's 5,000-vehicle lead.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Travis Kalanick's Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z to build AI robotics
Business

Travis Kalanick's Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z to build AI robotics

Andreessen Horowitz leads a $1.7B round for the ex-Uber CEO's robotics play, with Uber itself joining nine years after pushing him out.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

Meta's Mosseri says AI token budgets may soon be capped per engineer

Instagram head says a strong engineer's AI burn rate could match their salary within one to two years, forcing per-head caps.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Uber pushes into hotels and AV data, tells partners it won't chase L4 autonomy
Business

Uber pushes into hotels and AV data, tells partners it won't chase L4 autonomy

Chief product officer Sachin Kansal says Uber One hit 51M members and AV Labs will gather millions of miles of driving data for partners.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Wayve runs $85M employee tender at $8.5B valuation
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Wayve runs $85M employee tender at $8.5B valuation

The UK self-driving startup's second liquidity event lets staff cash out at the Series D price set in February.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Waymo and Uber end Phoenix robotaxi pilot after three years
Business

Waymo and Uber end Phoenix robotaxi pilot after three years

The first market for the partnership shuts down with just over a dozen vehicles, while Austin and Atlanta scale to hundreds.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
NEA's Tiffany Luck: enterprises still can't pin down AI ROI
Business

NEA's Tiffany Luck: enterprises still can't pin down AI ROI

Uber blew its annual AI budget in months, Meta killed an internal leaderboard, and CFOs are asking what tokenmaxxing actually bought.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Tech layoffs hit 150,000 in 2026 as AI cited in record cuts
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Tech layoffs hit 150,000 in 2026 as AI cited in record cuts

Companies are cutting workers at 974 per day while a handful of AI insiders mint billion-dollar fortunes — and the gap is widening.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

Nvidia rolls out Halos OS as robotaxis launch in Munich, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia

Uber, Foxconn, VinFast and HUMAIN sign on to DRIVE Hyperion as Nvidia pitches a safety-certified OS for autonomous fleets.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

GitHub Copilot's per-token pricing shift signals end of subsidized AI era

Microsoft's move to charge per token instead of a flat rate exposes the gap between AI's true cost and what customers will pay.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Uber caps employee AI spending at $1,500 per tool after burning annual budget in 4 months
Business

Uber caps employee AI spending at $1,500 per tool after burning annual budget in 4 months

The ridesharing company now meters Claude Code and Cursor usage on an internal dashboard after blowing through its AI budget.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Uber president says AI spending is getting 'harder to justify'
Business

Uber president says AI spending is getting 'harder to justify'

The company exhausted its annual AI budget four months into 2026 with no clear link between token usage and feature delivery.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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