Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the trade-offs with Route Share, Uber's business structure, autonomous vehicles, working with fleet operators, and more
Today, I'm talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. We recorded this conversation the day Uber announced a big set of product updates … Bluesky: @edzitron.com , @martinsfp , @marypcbuk , and @reckless X: @sarthakgh , @sarthakgh , @dannyocean555 , and @laurakmiller Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : the word ‘labor’ is used twice in this interview and it is in the word “collaborate” [embedded post] @martinsfp : Take that, people who post “you...invented a bus” [embedded post] Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : “inspired by the bus” — not getting what's so ‘next level’ about a bus with a route and a timetable where tickets cost less than taking a taxi and having more people in one vehicle reduces traffic — my dude, *that's a bus* [embedded post] Nilay Patel / @reckless : Asked Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about reinventing the bus. Sometimes you just gotta ask! Decoder -> www.theverge.com/decoder-podc... [image] X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : Uber CEO: “Domino's is a competitor to Uber Eats because sometimes people go directly to the Domino's app, and it's a partner at the same time. I think people look for the drama, like if you are with me or are you against me. The fact is that they work with us — coopetition or [image] Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : Uber CEO: “But I think so much innovation has slowed down because companies try to figure out the economics first. Figure out the experience first and then the economics. Listen, if I do a bad deal for a year, who cares? I'm going to renegotiate with you.” [image] Danny Ocean / @dannyocean555 : UBER's Dara: “I wanted get out during the 2020 lockdowns, so I started driving for Uber... yes, security had their eye on me & were following behind.” Ok. I get it & think having the CEO drive was/is a good decision But, crudely- this cost an additional $330K in “protective [image] Laura Miller / @laurakmiller : “...we are in competition with personal car ownership.... Public transport is a teammate.”