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Travis Kalanick thinks Uber screwed up: “Wish we had an autonomous ride-sharing product”

by Matthew Terry
March 13, 2025
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Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, made it clear on Wednesday: he believes the company’s decision to abandon its autonomous driving program was a mistake. Said Kalanick at the Abundance Summit in L.A., “Look, [new management] killed the autonomous car project we had going on. At the time, we were really only behind Waymo