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  Where were you at 14:29:06 p.m. WIB on May 20? If you were with Uber, then you were part of Uber’s 5 billion trips across the world! Exactly at that second, 156 trips started, tying for our 5 billionth trip. Uber started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get a […]

Saat kami memperkenalkan konsep berbagi tumpangan (ridesharing) kepada Indonesia pada tahun 2014, tak seorang pun dapat membayangkan betapa besar dampaknya. Dan sekarang kami sangat senang mengumumkan bahwa Uber telah hadir di 30 kota yang tersebar di 7 pulau di Indonesia: Jawa (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Bandung, Cimahi, Cirebon, Surakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Gresik, […]

When we introduced ridesharing to Indonesia in 2014, no one could have imagined the impact it would have. Fast forward to today, we are pleased to say that Uber is now available in 30 cities across 7 islands: Java (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Bandung, Cimahi, Cirebon, Surakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Gresik, Malang, Batu, […]

We’re excited to announce that Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei is joining Uber as SVP Leadership & Strategy, reporting to our CEO Travis Kalanick. Frances will act as a partner to our Chief Human Resources Officer Liane Hornsey, and to the executive leadership team at large, in some critical areas including: company strategy and […]

What would Indonesian cities look like in 2020 if the country embraced shared mobility? Given the country’s rapid rate of urbanization and its enthusiastic adoption of ridesharing, it’s an important question, with implications for the country’s 250 million people and city leaders designing their communities for the future.   We have tried to come up […]

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.