Uber lost the self-driving race. Now it wants to write the rules
THE SO WHAT
Uber’s push for state laws that force robotaxis onto its app is a classic move to turn a missed tech race into a distribution control point. If you operate AV fleets or build autonomy stacks, you now have to price in platform intermediation risk—not just technical and regulatory risk.
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