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You are missing the key point: that agreement was not signed when Otto was acquired by Uber, it was signed days after Levandowski left Google, before there shou
by alain94040 10y ago
You are missing the key point: that agreement was not signed when Otto was acquired by Uber, it was signed days after Levandowski left Google, before there should have been any discussions with Uber regarding the acquisition of a startup that didn't exist yet. That is really bad optics.
- ithinkinstereo 10y agoAre there any legitimate reasons why Uber would sign this agreement? Why would a company sign an agreement with the founder of a startup about the acquisition of said startup before it even exists? This lends credence to Google/Waymo's argument that Uber and Levandowski where scheming from the get-go. Bad optics, indeed.
- woodandsteel 10y agoWaymo claims it has evidence that Levandowski and Urber were talking for months before he left Waymo. In addition there is the fact the he secretly started a self-driving car company at least a year before. The whole thing looks like he and Uber planned the whole scheme beforehand.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoI wasn't aware of that. That makes this whole thing look even more nefarious.