Uber's deal blitz to stop a robotaxi monopoly

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

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• Uber has partnered with at least a dozen robotaxi players in the past few years.
• The ride-hailing giant is spreading its bets in an industry that still has no clear winner.
• The investments also stimulate a robotaxi economy that's not ruled by a singular player.

By Dara Khosrowshahi's telling, the robotaxi future doesn't belong to one company: Multiple vendors supply the fleet as driverless cars expand the market...