Uber just expanded into hotels, AI, and ‘room service’—and it’s moving fast

Uber Technologies is doing everything it can to save its customers time, but for CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the company’s sixth annual Go-Get event in New York City was something of a trip through time.

On Wednesday, Khosrowshahi and other members of Uber’s leadership team unveiled a slew of new features, and also announced Hotels on Uber, a new hotel-booking feature that works in concert with Expedia, a company for which Khosrowshahi previously served as CEO. The feature allows users to book hotel rooms directly in the Uber app...