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Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by assface on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @09:41PM (#11819769)
I can't go into details, but it wasn't that much. The public number for "buying" CMU's NREC is $5.5 million.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/magazine/uber-would-like-t...

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Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by jayjay71 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @09:55PM (#11819831)
That $5.5 million was a gift to Carnegie Mellon, I believe mostly for public relations. It does not include salaries, bonuses, or operating costs for Uber's Advanced Technology Center. The real cost was/is much higher than that.
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