I think it had more to with the first reason than the second - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/magazine/uber-would-like-to-buy-your-robotics-department.html

I think it had more to with the first reason than the second - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/magazine/uber-would-like-to-buy-your-robotics-department.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/magazine/uber-would-like-t... https://www.fastcompany.com/3046902/fast-feed/carnegie-mellon-in-a-crisis-after-uber-poached-40-of-its-researchers https://www.fastcompany.com/3046902/fast-feed/carnegie-mello...