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Today we released demographic data on the diversity of Uber’s employees for the first time. Uber is a data-driven company, and we can’t improve what we don’t measure. The data we’re publishing today is a critical first step in making Uber a more diverse and inclusive workplace. But we also know that numbers only tell […]

Below are remarks, as prepared, from today’s press call with: Arianna Huffington, Uber Board member, who spoke about leadership and accountability, including our search for a COO; Liane Hornsey, Chief Human Resources Officer, who provided an update on our efforts to improve our company culture; and Rachel Holt, head of our US & Canada business, who gave an overview […]

I’m thrilled to announce that Zoubin Ghahramani is Uber’s new Chief Scientist and will be joining us in San Francisco. In this capacity, he’ll oversee Uber’s AI Labs, our recently created machine learning and artificial intelligence research unit and lead AI/Machine Learning strategy across the company

We wanted to give everyone an update on “greyballing”. This technology is used to hide the standard city app view for individual riders, enabling Uber to show that same rider a different version. It’s been used for many purposes, for example: the testing of new features by employees; marketing promotions; fraud prevention; to protect our […]

This morning I told the Uber team that we’re actively looking for a Chief Operating Officer: a peer who can partner with me to write the next chapter in our journey.

Enter the new UberEATS Restaurant Manager: serving up actionable data. We are launching this tool for restaurant partners globally to use as single place for managing day-to-day operations, digging into feedback and information that results in data-driven decisions. With Restaurant Manager we hope to serve up a winning recipe--better data leads to better food and service, which means better business.