Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In just a few days, Amazon-owned Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides. This might
Uber is shutting the door on its infamous tokenmaxxing era. In a Wednesday X post, Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga said the company is seeing some “very interesting trends on AI costs,” and that this was “another signal that we’re coming to the end of the so-called ‘tokenmaxxing’ era.” Tokenmaxxing is an enterprise AI trend
After weeks of speculation, Uber has officially agreed to acquire Delivery Hero, a purchase that will take the transportation and delivery giant’s status to new heights and into nearly 100 markets across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Germany-based Delivery Hero also reached a separate deal to sell its business in 14 markets,
Uber has spent the last year quietly moving beyond the two businesses most people associate it with. There’s ride-hailing, of course, and delivery, but spend time on the app and you’ll now find Expedia-powered hotel bookings, “buy for me” concierge features, and boat rentals in Europe. Under the hood, so to speak, there’s a lot
a decade ago, Uber’s then-CEO Travis Kalanick said he viewed autonomous vehicles as an existential threat to the transportation company’s business model. “What if we weren’t part of that future? If we weren’t part of autonomy? Then the future passes us by,” Kalanick told Business Insider. In the years since then, Uber has opted for
In February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets by 2026, but now the Financial Times reports that five of those launches are on hold. Launches from countries that have been paused include Austria, Norway and Greece. Uber appeared to confirm the decision to the Financial Times, saying recent launches in