Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it
Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — more than 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years. Here, TechCrunch tracks every one of those moves in one place. Uber was, at one time, developing and testing its own autonomous vehicle (AV) technology.
- ▪Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — more than 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years.
- ▪Here, TechCrunch tracks every one of those moves in one place.
- ▪Uber was, at one time, developing and testing its own autonomous vehicle (AV) technology.
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Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — more than 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years. And it’s taking a global approach. Here, TechCrunch tracks every one of those moves in one place. But first, a bit of history. Uber was, at one time, developing and testing its own autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. The company, then led by Travis Kalanick, created Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) in 2014 and recruited dozens of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s robotics program. Two years later, Uber acquired Otto, a self-driving truck company founded by former Google self-driving engineer Anthony Levandowski, Lior Ron, Don Burnette (who has since gone on to found Kodiak AI), and Claire Delaunay.
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