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Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI

Uber's internal AI adoption was so aggressive that coding tools alone consumed the company's entire annual token budget by April, as the CEO pivots toward autonomous vehicles and AI-driven services while phasing out human drivers.

Monday, May 4, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The VergeBY sys://pipeline

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the company's expansion into a broader "everything app" with hotel bookings via Expedia partnership, in-vehicle food service, and personal shopping. He addresses AI chatbot integration challenges, internal AI adoption (including AI coding tools that consumed Uber's entire annual token budget by April), and the company's growing investments in autonomous vehicles while weighing the future of driver employment.

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