Their plan for profitability so far has been "invent a ground breaking technology that will change the world before we run out of money in a couple years". That

Their plan for profitability so far has been "invent a ground breaking technology that will change the world before we run out of money in a couple years". That sounds more like delusions of grandeur than unstoppable juggernaut. Hopefully that changes under Khosrowshahi. Uber may well yet become an unstoppable juggernaut, but they could just as easily flame in spectacular fashion.