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COO, Waabi. Founder and Chairman, Uber Freight

San Francisco
Joined May 2007
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Congrats to Rebecca and the @UberFreight team on achieving this important milestone!
Great work to the @RebeccaTinucci and the team - one stop amongst many to come. We are building the worlds biggest first, middle and last mile 3P logistics platform based entirely on new tech and @UberFreight is a hugely important part of that vision.
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Thank you @vkhosla for your early belief AI can truly transform the self driving industry - 4 years after, its a reality! Great to partner with you, Sven and the team on this journey
Excited to be partner with Waabi since the very beginning! Self driving is really here for trucks. Amazing how much more economic good startups can be. One twentieth the cash usage to get to better safety than competitors! And now robotaxi to boot!
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Thank you @andrewgordonmac and the @Uber team for building the perfect platform to deploy robotaxis on! The future is bright, excited to build together again
Congrats to @RaquelUrtasun, @LiorRon, and the rest of the @Waabi_ai team, on another exciting milestone. Can’t wait to launch the Waabi robotaxi on @Uber!
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And we are big believers in Uber! from @dkhos visionary leadership all the way to the scale and maturity of the largest global mobility network. Excited to build together again!
We are big believers in @RaquelUrtasun @lioron and the Waabi team - excited about expanding our partnership!
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Physical AI's moment is here and @Waabi_ai is leading the way Excited to share we have raised $1B USD of new capital to accelerate the commercial deployment of autonomous trucks and meaningfully expand to robotaxis! Partnering with Uber to deploy 25,000 or more Waabi Driver-powered robotaxis on the @Uber platform, substantially accelerating the adoption of robotaxis at scale. For the first time in the industry, we have created one shared brain to power the two largest self driving applications —trucks and robotaxis. This means any progress in one vertical directly improves the other. For example, our trucks, which have already mastered complex surface streets enabling an industry first direct-to-customer model, will be able to go all the way to urban centers as well. We have assembled a dream team of capital and strategic partners to accelerate our bold vision: this funding includes an oversubscribed $750M Series C round led by @khoslaventures and @G2VPLLC , as well as additional capital from @Uber tied to robotaxi development. Thank you to the incredible Waabi team and partners for making this all possible. This is a true inflection point and we’re looking forward to building the future of Physical AI, together.
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Two charts to be damn proud of @Uber
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Super proud of the @Uber team for S&P 500 inclusion. Great way to head into the weekend and get back to building on Monday!
its official: Uber has joined the S&P500 banner year: regulatory wins, GAAP profits, trading above IPO price, $100b market cap...S&P inclusion is cherry on top @dkhos tells me: We’re not letting up, and are determined to keep building on our momentum.
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An important step to address the fragmentation and inefficiency in our supply chains
Scheduling fragmentation creates friction amongst carriers, brokers, and shippers. Today, Uber Freight, @convoyteam, and @jbhunt360 are joining forces to solve this industry challenge with the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC). Learn more here >>> FreightAPIs.org
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Making Autonomous Freight a reality requires deep collaboration between all parties. Excited to share the next step of bringing this vision closer with the great teams at @aurora_inno and @Veritiv
Today, we’re deepening our partnership with @aurora_inno by autonomously hauling freight between Dallas/Fort Worth and El Paso for packaging solutions distributor, @Veritiv, through and beyond the 2022 holiday season. Read more here: uberfreight.com/blog/uber-fr…
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Thank you @EconClubChi and Mary Dillon for hosting @dkhos in this wonderful event and @chicagosamir for the kind words - proud to call #Chicago @UberFreight home
Great to have @Uber CEO @dkhos in #Chicago at the @EconClubChi: “We’re proud to have @UberFreight HQ in Chicago…business is booming here…we expect to grow our headcount in this city.” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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That is one sweet @Uber ride, @POTUS! Definitely qualifies for Comfort Electric 🙌🏽
President Joe Biden offered reporters a ride to Washington in his "Uber," AKA the Cadillac Lyriq, at the Detroit Auto Show on Wednesday. "Jump in," the president said.
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Great catching up with @joefrancica to talk about the similarities between geo and logistics, and the inspiration for @UberFreight
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A pleasure of speaking with @Pras_S, @thebradsmith, and @juleshyman this morning about the future of autonomous trucks and the massive opportunity @UberFreight and our partners have to improve the safety and efficiency of our supply chains. Thanks for having me, @YahooFinance!
“Based on conservative estimates, we need another 200,000 to a million drivers... and that's hard to recruit into that profession,” Head of @UberFreight @lioron says on autonomous trucking operators. "There's an acute need to keep logistics moving for the technology."
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“Based on conservative estimates, we need another 200,000 to a million drivers... and that's hard to recruit into that profession,” Head of @UberFreight @lioron says on autonomous trucking operators. "There's an acute need to keep logistics moving for the technology."
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Great sharing our exciting @UberFreight partnership with @Waymo Via on @CNBCTechCheck. Thanks for having us, @Lebeaucarnews and @carlquintanilla
Just keep truckin' oooooonnnnnn 🚚 With @UberFreight and @Waymo teaming up on autonomous trucks, CNBC's @Lebeaucarnews breaks down the partnership worth "billions of miles."
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The future is autonomous and human-driven trucks working side by side. Today, the future became closer - we are proud to announce a long-term, strategic partnership with @Waymo Via - combining the power of AV with the scale of our @UberFreight network. uber.com/blog/uber-freight-a…
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Enjoying an Uber Freight Warriors watch party on the roof of our beautiful Mission Bay office. Go Warriors! Let’s close this out
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A special moment last night - Magic has been and remains a true inspiration, a transformational leader in sports and business - empowering and transforming communities across the US
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