TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

Uber’s $14.8B Delivery Hero deal would nearly double its global footprint

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s global footprint and create one of the world’s largest food-delivery platforms outside China.

Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”

Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and dri…

Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo

Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo’s competing views.

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump

Back in February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets in 2026 — but now five of those launches are reportedly on hold.

Lime begins life as a public company after years of uncertainty

The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around $1 billion in liabilities.

Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix

The companies confirmed to TechCrunch that their unusual partnership in Phoenix recently ended after nearly three years..

OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US

The hire marks OpenAI’s latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.