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Why Uber's CEO is okay with reinventing the bus

2025/5/22
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Dara Khosrowshahi: 作为Uber的CEO，我经常亲自体验我们的产品，包括乘坐Uber和使用Uber Eats。我甚至亲自送餐，这让我更深入地了解我们的服务。我们希望Uber成为人们日常生活中不可或缺的应用，就像iOS一样。我们最初从共享乘车开始，现在扩展到食品配送等更多领域。我们正在构建一个实时的物流网络，让人们的生活更加便捷。在服务方面，我们不断在价格和便利性之间进行权衡，提供不同的选择以满足不同用户的需求。例如，对于需要绝对可靠的行程，用户可以选择预定服务，支付更高的费用。对于每天上下班的通勤者，我们可以提供Route Match这样的产品，以较低的价格换取一定的灵活性。我们也在积极探索与AI代理的合作，我相信开放平台，并希望与这些代理合作，为用户提供更好的服务。我们拥有独特的库存，这使我们有能力与这些代理进行谈判，并确保我们获得公平的价值。总的来说，我们的目标是让Uber成为一个平台，连接用户和各种服务，让人们的生活更加便捷。

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Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, discusses his use of Uber products, including his experience as a driver during COVID. He highlights the importance of "dogfooding" products and the challenges of balancing work and personal use.
  • Dara Khosrowshahi uses Uber and Uber Eats regularly.
  • He even delivers food and drives for Uber.
  • He emphasizes the importance of employees using the products they create.
  • Driving for Uber is more challenging than it looks.

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Today, I’m talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. We recorded this conversation on the same day Uber announced a big set of product updates, including new options for shared rides. Dara was in New York for all that, so he came to our studio and we did this one together, which always makes for a great episode. 

If you’ve been listening to Decoder recently, you know that I’m very curious about how service apps like Uber will handle things like AI agents. Dara had a lot of thoughts there. There’s a lot in this one, and Dara didn’t hold back. I think you’re going to like it.

**Links: **

  • Uber’s new bus-like feature is nearly 50 percent cheaper than UberX | Verge)

  • An interview with Dara Khosrowshahi | Stratechery)

  • Uber preps for Waymo’s robotaxi launch in Atlanta | Verge)

  • Uber ends year in the black for the first time ever | Verge)

  • Uber’s not out of the woods yet | Verge)

  • UberX Share brings carpooling back to NYC and eight other cities | Verge)

  • Uber CEO vows to be ‘hardcore’ about costs, slow hiring | Verge)

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Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright. 

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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