The Robotaxi Rift: Why Waymo and Uber's Partnership Is Unraveling

The partnership between Waymo and Uber is unravelling in key US markets due to operational friction and diverging strategic goals. Waymo has achieved sufficient scale to pursue a direct-to-consumer model, while Uber is positioning itself as a platform-agnostic aggregator for multiple autonomous vehicle providers.

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