Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion

Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by bduerst on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @08:14PM (#11819405)

Yep. The reason that's the next predictable response is because Uber is holding off for self-driving cars, so it can become the logistics network for delivery.

That doesn't mean that they will, of course. I have a feeling that these platform-locked services like Uber and Lyft will not be able to compete with the scalability of an open auction network.

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Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by toomuchtodo on Thursday June 02, 2016 @12:18AM (#11820330)

> I have a feeling that these platform-locked services like Uber and Lyft will not be able to compete with the scalability of an open auction network.

This is the non-profit I want to invest in.

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Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by nfc on Thursday June 02, 2016 @02:16AM (#11820692)

If you are serious about it my contact is in my profile, the project description is in www.alfiv.org and some of the products already created at www.alfiv.com. Completely bootstrapped up to now. We've got a small prototype api.

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Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by kuschku on Thursday June 02, 2016 @03:37AM (#11820946)

They also won’t be able to compete with the likes of DHL, delivering within of a single day across the whole globe for affordable rates, and already – even before Amazon announced their drones – test flying with their own drones first test deliveries in some select cities.

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