Synopsis
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi asserts the company's dominance, highlighting expansion into allied businesses and India's projected rise as its largest market. He also expressed openness to revisiting food delivery and potentially partnering with Travis Kalanick on autonomous vehicles, while emphasizing India's growing role in AI infrastructure development.Listen to this article in summarized format
This comes as closest challenger Rapido announced $240 million in funding while gaining ground and diversifying into food delivery.
Khosrowshahi, 56, said the San Francisco-based company is open to revisiting food delivery in India, a business it exited in 2020.
The Iranian-born CEO said he could consider partnering ousted Uber founder Travis Kalanick on a potential autonomous vehicle opportunity, the first time he’s publicly acknowledged the possibility.
Uber announced two additional tech centres across Bengaluru and Hyderabad last week, along with its first data centre in the country, being set up with Adani Group as part of a push to build AI infrastructure.
