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Episode 323 | Autonomy Markets: Uber’s Autonomous Investments Won’t Be Modest, With or Without Waymo

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Uber’s growing autonomous vehicle investments and why they won’t be modest.

While Uber publicly framed their autonomy spending as “modest” and emphasized share buybacks, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made it clear on the company’s Q2 2025 earnings call that more OEM partnerships and AV deals are on the horizon.

At the same time, Uber pointed to “recycling” past investments, raising the question: why recycle when the company’s growing free cash flow can support both increased buybacks and significant investments in the autonomy ecosystem? Is this simply a bid to reassure Wall Street while simultaneously preparing for an autonomous future?

Anything is possible and we broke it all down on this week’s edition of Autonomy Markets along with Lyft’s renewed interest in autonomy and their willingness to invest and own assets. As Lyft prepares to spend (with a smaller balance sheet), Uber’s autonomy investments will be anything but modest.

Episode Chapters

0:00 Uber’s Autonomy Investments Narrative

3:49 Who Finances Robotaxi Fleets?

6:16 What is Holding Back Growth of AVs?

8:26 Autonomous Driving Systems

10:20 Uber’s AV Exclusive Deals

12:05 Uber Recycling Investments

16:09 Uber’s Relationship with Waymo

18:49 Lyft is Leaning into Autonomy

21:52 Lyft Partners with Baidu for Europe and UK Markets

2428 Managing AV Fleets

28:24 Aurora LIVE

31:24 Zoox NHTSA Exemption

32:47 Autonomy Expands the Rideshare Market

37:33 Next Week

Recorded on Thursday, August 7, 2025

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About The Road to Autonomy

The Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.

Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Uber’s growing autonomous vehicle investments and why they won’t be modest.

While Uber publicly framed their autonomy spending as “modest” and emphasized share buybacks, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made it clear on the company’s Q2 2025 earnings call that more OEM partnerships and AV deals are on the horizon.

At the same time, Uber pointed to “recycling” past investments, raising the question: why recycle when the company’s growing free cash flow can support both increased buybacks and significant investments in the autonomy ecosystem? Is this simply a bid to reassure Wall Street while simultaneously preparing for an autonomous future?

Anything is possible and we broke it all down on this week’s edition of Autonomy Markets along with Lyft’s renewed interest in autonomy and their willingness to invest and own assets. As Lyft prepares to spend (with a smaller balance sheet), Uber’s autonomy investments will be anything but modest.

Episode Chapters

0:00 Uber’s Autonomy Investments Narrative

3:49 Who Finances Robotaxi Fleets?

6:16 What is Holding Back Growth of AVs?

8:26 Autonomous Driving Systems

10:20 Uber’s AV Exclusive Deals

12:05 Uber Recycling Investments

16:09 Uber’s Relationship with Waymo

18:49 Lyft is Leaning into Autonomy

21:52 Lyft Partners with Baidu for Europe and UK Markets

2428 Managing AV Fleets

28:24 Aurora LIVE

31:24 Zoox NHTSA Exemption

32:47 Autonomy Expands the Rideshare Market

37:33 Next Week

Recorded on Thursday, August 7, 2025

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About The Road to Autonomy

The Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.

Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  continue reading

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