Back in March, we decided to suspend our driving operations in response to COVID-19 to ensure the safety of everyone involved in our services and local communities. Starting this coming Monday, May 11, Arizonans will begin to see some Waymo vehicles back on the road. The first part of our tiered approach to safely resume… Continue reading Resuming our driving operations in Phoenix
Category: Mobility Companies
Lyft: Lyft launching personal health certification, will require face masks as part of new Health Safety Program
SAN FRANCISCO, May 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As local governments ease stay-at-home orders, Lyft is ramping up efforts to protect riders and drivers — including establishing new health and safety standards for ridesharing. Today we’re announcing a Health Safety Program with new policies, commitments, and products designed to address the needs of our community… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft launching personal health certification, will require face masks as part of new Health Safety Program
Lyft: Lyft Announces First Quarter Results
First quarter revenue grew to $955.7 million, up 23% year-over-yearEnded quarter with $2.7 billion of unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments SAN FRANCISCO, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq:LYFT) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020. First Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights Lyft reported Q1 revenue of… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft Announces First Quarter Results
Uber: Uber CFO to Participate at J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) announced today that Nelson Chai, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at J.P. Morgan’s 48th Annual Virtual Global Technology Media and Communications Conference on Thursday, May 14. Mr. Chai is scheduled to appear at 10:50 am ET (7:50am PT). A live webcast of the event… Continue reading Uber: Uber CFO to Participate at J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference
Continuous Development of our Mobility Platform
Coauthored with Pascal Rodriguez and Gregory Marti I remember our early production deployments at Bestmile, back in 2016. There were three main software components at the time. The “core” component — holding the seed of Bestmile’s Fleet Orchestration Platform; our homemade API Gateway — holding the plumbing around the core; and finally, the Dashboard web front-end. This early version of… Continue reading Continuous Development of our Mobility Platform
Lyft: Lyft Announces Date of First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call and Withdraws Full-Year 2020 Guidance
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq:LYFT) (the “Company” or “Lyft”), today announced that it will release financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020 after the close of the market on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. On the same day, Lyft will host a conference call at 1:30 p.m.… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft Announces Date of First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call and Withdraws Full-Year 2020 Guidance
Uber: Uber Announces Date of First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call, Withdrawal of Guidance, and Preliminary First Quarter Financial Items
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its financial results for the first quarter of 2020 on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time). A live webcast of the conference call and earnings release materials can be found on Uber’s Investor… Continue reading Uber: Uber Announces Date of First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call, Withdrawal of Guidance, and Preliminary First Quarter Financial Items
March 30, 2020 Via raises Series E financing to expand access to efficient, sustainable, and equitable public mobility across the globe John…
March 30, 2020 Via raises Series E financing to expand access to efficient, sustainable, and equitable public mobility across the globe John Elkann, Chairman and CEO of EXOR, lead investor in the financing: “More important than ever to work for an innovative and sustainable future.” March 30, 2020 (New York, NY) — Via, the company… Continue reading March 30, 2020 Via raises Series E financing to expand access to efficient, sustainable, and equitable public mobility across the globe John…
Using automated data augmentation to advance our Waymo Driver
To help safely navigate the complexities of the road, our self-driving technology needs to see and identify what’s around it. To perceive its surroundings, the Waymo Driver relies on our powerful custom sensor suite of lidar, cameras, and radars, while neural nets empower the “brain” of our self-driving system to understand the sensor data and… Continue reading Using automated data augmentation to advance our Waymo Driver
Grab Hires Peter Oey as Chief Financial Officer
Grab, Southeast’s Asia’s leading super app, announced today that it has strengthened its finance division by hiring corporate finance veteran, Peter Oey, as Chief Financial Officer. SINGAPORE – April 1, 2020 – Grab Holdings Inc. (“Grab”), Southeast’s Asia’s leading super app, announced today that it has strengthened its finance division by hiring corporate finance veteran, Peter… Continue reading Grab Hires Peter Oey as Chief Financial Officer