TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era

Uber is committing more than $10 billion to autonomous vehicle investments and robotaxi purchases, signaling a new asset-heavy strategy.

Roughly $2.5 billion is going into direct investments, with about $7.5 billion earmarked for robotaxi buys.

The move contrasts with Uber’s earlier playbook of building moonshot units in-house, then selling them off while keeping equity stakes.

Deal activity in the AV sector remains active, including a new autonomous hauler startup tied to Eclipse-backed incubation efforts.