Uber's playbook: invest in rival AV firms to fragment the industry and stay the aggregator
reed · x · 2026-09-24
wholemars argues Uber's strategy is to invest in competing self-driving companies to fragment the AV industry, shifting power from the self-driving companies to Uber as an aggregator — a fragmented field keeps Uber's distribution leverage intact.
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