Dara Khosrowshahi
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Well, we bring enormous distribution on a global basis.
And I think that there's this narrative of it's either or, you know, either you go direct to your customer or you go through a platform.
And the fact is, if you look, for example, on Uber Eats, you have some of the best brands in the world, whether it's a McDonald's or a Starbucks.
or Chipotle, having a direct interaction with customers through their own apps, but also using the platform to expand their distribution.
And I see the same thing with Zoox as well.
You know, Zoox is on its way to create one of the best brands in the business in transportation.
You went and took a ride.
It's a great experience.
It's a purpose-built vehicle.
And to have that experience on Uber, we think will only magnify what Zoox is bringing to the marketplace.
I think for us now, the focus is going to be the customer experience.
We want to make sure that whether, obviously, the Zooc's direct experience is going to be best of breed, but also having the experience through Uber is going to introduce you to the
the differentiated experience on Zoox as well, that's really going to be what Aisha and I are focused on.
I would say the economics take care of themselves over the long term.
Well, we are certainly going to work with Zoox in terms of
traffic patterns, and now Zoox is going to have access to that data directly as well.
But I think the combination of the traffic patterns that we see and the customers that we see, whether local or international, along with Zoox's proprietary data, I think is going to help Zoox be even more efficient as an entity going forward.
Well, we think autonomous represents the future of transportation.
It's safer, ultimately, than human beings.
We think it will make transportation available to more people.