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I am unaware of the politics, but it should be pointed out that this did begin as a 'strategic partnership' back in Jan/Feb http://newsroom.uber.com/2015/02/ub

• fixermark 11y ago
  I'm an alum of CMU, and make no mistake that that institution (and NREC by extension) is willing to play hard-ball to meet its own needs. My (uninformed on the particulars of this situation) guess is that if the strategic partnership has 'devolved' into a poaching situation, CMU shares its own bit of the blame. There's a lot that went on behind closed doors that we will likely never know.
  • edge17 11y ago
    The new administration at CMU (President Suresh et al.) are very eager to open the kimono. You can check out his background with fundraising etc. They are all about strategic partnerships; frankly in this case they were too eager to please someone with very deep pockets and I am guessing weren't aware of how aggressive Uber is or they were blinded by the prospect of money. disclosure: CMU alum as well.