Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday said it struck a deal with a group including SoftBank Group Corp.’s tech fund for a $1 billion investment in its self-driving-car unit as the ride-hailing company prepares for an initial public offering.
The investment, which includes money from auto maker Toyota Motor Corp. and Japanese auto-parts maker Denso Corp., values the driverless-car division at $7.25 billion.
It is somehow appropriate that a major disrupter (Uber) is going hard into disrupting how our society gets around (self-driving cars). Uber has both the attitude & charisma to pull it off. disruption AutonomousVehicles technology SelfDrivingCars SoftBank hitech
Thanks to all the chumps who let us use your cars and your time to make ourselves rich, we won't be needing you anymore though.
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Nice.
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