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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by xbmcuser on Friday February 09, 2018 @02:12PM (#16343012)
Waymo became a minor investor in Uber in future can vote for Uber to buy or rent it's cars. If I recall correctly Google ventures was an early investor in Uber as well. So Alphabet might own a lot more of Uber once it's Ipo
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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by mbesto on Friday February 09, 2018 @02:22PM (#16343076)
IIRC it's like 7%. Sure that gets you voting rights, but that's minuscule. I'd be more worried about SoftBank's influence as they have more at stake.

> So Alphabet might own a lot more of Uber once it's Ipo

Huh? Your position of ownership doesn't magically go up once you IPO, it normally only goes down (you get diluted or you liquidate your position).

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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by Retric on Friday February 09, 2018 @02:47PM (#16343277)
Many public shares are diluted enough their owners don't vote.
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