“Uber faces a significant risk that autonomous fleets like Waymo and Tesla will bypass its app, potentially eliminating its economic moat.”
Why he says it — point by point
FAVORABLE & AGAINST · BOTH KEPTI would just rather take these profits and put them into Amazon or Google instead, who still give me a ton of robotaxi exposure, but with virtually none of the risk because of how insanely large and well-diversified these businesses already are.
Why
there's one glaring issue with all of it, in my opinion, and that is, you know, what if the biggest fleets out there don't actually need Uber's app?
If the companies building the cars and writing the code and developing the software ever decide to simply keep the profit for themselves and ditch Uber all together, or even move to move over to a cheaper competitor and partner with them instead, well, it could erase a lot of Uber's economic, you know, kind of economic business moat.
Uber knows this, which is why they're reportedly spending over $10 billion to secure their own autonomous fleet as well.
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