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Dara Khosrowshahi

Dara Khosrowshahi

CEO of Uber

Appears in 3 stories

Born: 1969 (age 56 years), Tehran, Iran
Education: Brown University (1991) and Hackley School (1981)
Spouse: Sydney Shapiro (m. 2012) and Kathleen Khosrowshahi (m. 1998–2009)
Parents: Asghar Khosrowshahi and Lili Khosrowshahi
Nationality: American and Iranian
Height: 5′ 9″

Notable Quotes

We want to be the demand layer for every autonomous vehicle on the road. — Khosrowshahi, prior earnings call

We're big believers in Rivian's approach — designing the vehicle, compute platform, and software stack together, while maintaining end-to-end control of scaled manufacturing and supply in the U.S.

Stories

Uber's robotaxi platform takes shape

New Capabilities

Architect of Uber's pivot from in-house self-driving to AV platform

For most of its life, Uber has been a marketplace for human drivers with their own cars. On May 6, 2026, the company laid out the clearest version yet of a different model: a marketplace for robotaxis it neither owns nor operates. Alongside its first-quarter results—gross bookings of $53.7 billion, up 25% from a year earlier—Uber said it would deploy 10,000 Rivian R2 robotaxis on its network through Hertz's Oro Mobility unit, starting in San Francisco and Miami in 2028.

Updated 2 hours ago

Uber bets $1.25 billion on Rivian to build its own robotaxi fleet — again

Money Moves

Leading Uber's multi-partner autonomous vehicle strategy

Uber sold its self-driving car unit in 2020 after burning billions and killing a pedestrian. Now it's spending up to $1.25 billion to do it all over again — this time with Rivian building the cars. The deal commits Uber to purchasing up to 50,000 autonomous R2 sport utility vehicles for deployment across 25 cities by 2031, beginning in San Francisco and Miami in 2028.

Updated Mar 20

Autonomous vehicles move from pilot programs to mass deployment

New Capabilities

Leading Uber's pivot to autonomous vehicle marketplace operator

Nvidia and Uber announced a plan to deploy 100,000 Level 4 autonomous robotaxis across 28 cities on four continents by 2028, using Nvidia's new DRIVE Hyperion 10 computing platform and an open-source reasoning model called Alpamayo. Five automakers—BYD, Geely, Stellantis, Lucid, and Mercedes-Benz—will manufacture vehicles with Nvidia's hardware pre-installed. Commercial rides begin in Los Angeles and San Francisco in the first half of 2027.

Updated Mar 17