Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP of Engineering

Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by bduerst on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:09PM (#13448719)

I'd bet on Google, Tesla, and Mercedes before Uber, since they all have vehicles with more than a week on the road and cash-positive revenue streams to support further development. Uber burned through ~30% of their $11B in cash just in 2016 alone.

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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by fullshark on Saturday January 21, 2017 @03:52PM (#13452091)

Uber will be able to get cash in the future if self driving tech matures to transition. It'll be a multi billion dollar opportunity, capital will be lining up to invest in the ride hailing market leader.

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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by bduerst on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:31PM (#13466763)

I'm very doubtful. The financial market conditions that lead to the unicorns are drying up, and like most unicorns, their early/current investors have some extreme shareholder's agreements which make the companies very unattractive to new investors.

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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by Daishiman on Saturday January 21, 2017 @10:38PM (#13453463)

If...

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