The plan was for drivers to no longer be a part of the model. Travis's goal for Uber was to achieve self-driving at all costs, and he acknowledged that Uber wo

The plan was for drivers to no longer be a part of the model. Travis's goal for Uber was to achieve self-driving at all costs, and he acknowledged that Uber would inevitably fail as a company if they could not achieve self-driving in order to be competitive on pricing. His resolve to stay private and focus on the long-term while openly accepting that risk is why Benchmark pushed him out in order to take Uber public.