15 FEB

Uber’s CEO says its $245 million settlement with Waymo was ‘well worthwhile’

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s $ 245 settlement with Waymo was “well worthwhile.”
The case put a “pretty significant question mark” over the work of Uber’s employees, he said, and the firm wanted to put the case behind it.
Khosrowshahi joined the company five months ago, and is trying to right the ship after a string of scandals.

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the embattled transportation firm’s $ 245 million settlement with Waymo was “well worthwhile” in his first major public appearance since the case ended last week.

The technology executive, speaking at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in San Francisco, California, addressed the ugly legal battle over self-driving car technology and other subjects during a wide-ranging on-stage interview.

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