They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.
With the cash, the company aims to expand its world model offering and reach customers across geographies.
The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.
Protesters March on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind Demanding AI Development Pause Decrypt
Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley — that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary models are somehow acting like Trojan horses.