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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by mseebach on Friday February 09, 2018 @11:56AM (#16341776)
Could they, though? Uber's valuation is based on its taxi technology business. The self-driving stuff might be their long play, but certainly not the source of their value.

I have no idea what kinds of damages Waymo might have been able to extract from Uber, but it seems very unlikely that it would have been in the multi-billion-dollar range. $245 million is a huge sum, add to that the saved cost of ongoing litigation.

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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by jacksmith21006 on Friday February 09, 2018 @02:55PM (#16343334)
Uber value is based on adopting SDC. Otherwise the business does not work long term.
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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by richardknop on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:54AM (#16347516)
Nonsense. SDC becoming viable on scale is decade or two in the future. Uber is valued based on its ride sharing and food delivery business. Investors apparently believe it can be profitable on big scale therefor good investment.
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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by sah2ed on Saturday February 10, 2018 @03:10AM (#16346430)
> Uber value is based on adopting SDC.

Not sure what you were trying to say?

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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by CodeWriter23 on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:46PM (#16342217)
The value of the taxi technology is predicated on surviving high losses for a few years to secure riders for the autonomous fleet that will emerge. The driver component in the current equation is 100% subsidized by investors.
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