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I agree; I think the "you steal the documents, we'll buy your fake company" agreements did take place, but they were all conducted verbally and so we're never g
by Analemma_ 9y ago
I agree; I think the "you steal the documents, we'll buy your fake company" agreements did take place, but they were all conducted verbally and so we're never going to see a smoking gun. But this will help establish that Uber knew or should've known that Levandowski had the stuff, at which point they will be hard-pressed to come up with an alternate explanation as to why they went ahead with the deal.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoPresuming you're right, then Uber's due diligence report should have been very carefully tailored. They wouldn't want it to look like they hadn't done their due diligence if all this came out, but they also wouldn't want it to look like they knew. It should be a masterpiece of tapdancing. I look forward to the fallout from Waymo getting to read it.
- woodandsteel 9y agoMy understanding is that the due diligence report was by an independent company that does such reports as part of its regular business, and so was motivated to make it honest.
- woodandsteel 9y agoAlso, if the due diligence report said there was nothing suspicious about the deal, then why is Uber going to such truly extraordinary lengths to try to keep Waymo from seeing it?