End of Exclusive Partnerships: Autonomous Ride-Hailing Heads Toward an 'Android Moment'

Last month in Austin, I had breakfast with a friend who works on L4 truck chassis. He opened the Uber app, and options for Waymo and another autonomous driving company appeared on the screen simultaneously. Pointing at his phone, he said: 'Look, it used to be just Waymo. Now picking a driverless car is like choosing a restaurant. This is how it should be—monopoly has never been a shortcut for tech adoption.'