In the Q1 earnings call, Uber says Tesla FSD looks like a a great product and they also said startup Wayve looks good.
Uber stated they want to partner with autonomous vehicle companies. Uber says they will provide demand for autonomous vehicles.
Wayve is a startup that just received over $1 billion in funding from Nvidia, Softbank, Microsoft and others.
“Tesla’s FSD looks like a great product”
– @Uber CEO
— Jeff 💙✌️ (@JeffTutorials) May 9, 2024
Wayve is developing technology intended to power future self-driving vehicles by using what it calls embodied AI.
Unlike AI models carrying out cognitive or generative tasks such as answering questions or creating pictures, this new technology interacts with and learns from real-world surroundings and environments.

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Idea. Contact Uber and arrange to let them utilize my vehicle after it drops me off at work.
Uber would have to be able to prove that this approach is better for Tesla shareholders than Tesla creating their own service.
Seems unlikely.