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Jason Helfstein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
263 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

You cut the price target, like $15.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

Sure.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

So the reason we cut our price target was we had to take our profit estimates down.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

So the reality is like, you know, the business is not running as profitable as we had previously thought.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

Most of it has to do with them leaning into Uber One membership growth and just other promotions or drive usage.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

And so

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

I mean, it did pay off.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

They had 46 million Uber members, Uber One up 55%.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

I think that's probably faster than any other subscription model is probably growing right now.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

So yeah, Uber One completely working.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

And then the way they generally get people to sign on is they largely target you through food delivery.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

And once they get you to like sign off, you can get like deals on rides, free upgrades, cap surging, et cetera, et cetera.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

And then they're trying to change user behavior.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

But yeah, so that was specifically the numbers.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

But look, on RoboTaxi, we call that a terminal risk.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

Like it's

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

Far in the future, but everyone acknowledges RoboTaxi will happen.

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

The big debate will be, do you have one or two companies who run away with the technology?

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

Does it become commoditized and you're going to have 10, 20 companies, every automaker will be able to produce a self-driving car at some point in the future?

The Rundown
Will Amazon, Google, & Uber Withstand the AI Market Backlash?

And therefore, if you can aggregate all of that supply to the consumer, a Uber, you end up doing well.