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Waymo must disclose details of Lyft car deal to Uber
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoHow could that possibly be relevant?
- dlubarov 9y agoFrom the article, > Uber could use them to assess Waymo's argument that it suffered monetary damages from Uber's actions
- msoad 9y agoWhy companies announce "deals" without doing anything?
- vxxzy 9y agoYou'd be surprised what that does to a stock price :)
- caseysoftware 9y agoJust because we don't see it doesn't mean they're not doing anything. Years ago, I was involved in a "major deal" between a F50 company while at a small one. While no one outside the companies witnessed anything, inside it got us access to their sales people, improved pricing (they were also a vendor), and surprised the hell out of our competitors. :D
- lloydde 9y ago> Waymo and ride-hailing service Lyft, which is a competitor to Uber, announced a partnership to get self-driving vehicles on the roads earlier this year. English is fun, I didn't read that like: Waymo and ride-hailing service Lyft earlier this year announced a partnership to get self-driving vehicles on the roads.
- saghm 9y agoI'm curious; what did you initially parse the sentence as meaning? I can't think of any other way to read it
- delinka 9y ago"...get self-driving vehicles on the road earlier this year." Obviously, that hasn't happened, so the other parsing has to be correct. But one could certainly be forgiven for wondering if there was missed news about Lyft self-driving cars hitting the roads earlier this year. ;-)
- saghm 9y agoAh, okay. I can see that!
- noway421 9y agoI got even more confused and thought all 3 are partnering to get self-driving tech running.
- onetokeoverthe 9y agoIt's scary enough getting in a drivered car. Who in their right mind would ride an automated vehicle at this stage?