Uber Technologies is in preliminary discussions with its co-founder and former CEO, Travis Kalanick, to help fund his acquisition of the US subsidiary of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai, ...

Intense pressure from Chinese rivals drove innovation at Uber, cofounder Travis Kalanick said in a recent podcast episode. He said competitors copied what Uber rolled out at dizzying speeds.

Kalanick rose to fame – and then infamy – when he founded ridesharing platform Uber. Though Kalanick stepped down as chief executive in 2017 amid a storm of sexual harassment and hostile workplace ...

Kalanick founded Uber, among the first ridesharing platforms to reach broad appeal, back in 2009. Kalanick became a controversial figure in the tech scene due to a slew of drug use accusations, sexual ...