Uber Comms

Insights and updates from the @Uber @UberEats PR team

[Javi Correoso @javicorreoso]

Lots of good reasons to have AVs in the District, and we support CM Allen's goal, but 200 drivers is clearly not right. It’s about 20x that: more than 4,000 drivers live in DC, making Uber/rideshare one of DC's top sources of work. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars in driver take-home pay that goes back into the regional economy, including the District's.

[Andrew Macdonald @andrewgordonmac]

Big news!

@Costco is now available nationwide on @UberEats 🛒 🇺🇸

This one has great personal meaning to me (on top of tremendous impact for Uber and our customers)

[Praveen Neppalli @praveenTweets]

Since I previously shared how we are scaling AI usage so quickly without costs rising at the same rate, there’s been a lot of interest in the engineering details.

So I asked the team to open up the hood and share what we’ve learned.

One thing we’ve always been very good at @Uber is understanding the economics of a system at a deep level. And I’ve always believed that constraints drive innovation. We took the opportunity to turn the cost problem into an engineering problem. We broke AI spend down into its underlying levers and started systematically attacking each one:

• Scaling vendor-neutral managed agents
• Building Uber SWE benchmarks to measure what actually works
• Optimizing prompt caching
• Making tool and MCP usage more efficient
• Grounding trajectories in our context graph
• Building efficient, reusable agent skills
• Giving engineers real-time cost visibility and optimization tips

There’s a lot more work to do in this space: scaling more autonomous agents, dynamic model routing, a self-evolving context graph, and continuously updating efficient agent skills. There's still a tremendous amount to invent here, and we’ll keep sharing what we learn as we build and deploy it at Uber.

This is an incredible time to be an engineer. The economics of software are changing, the way we build is changing, and engineers have an opportunity to help define what comes next.

Read the deep dive here: https://t.co/y1egvGPqWa and let us know what you think.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@JonahDispatch @Uber @BretBaier Hi Jonah - Uber does not personalize prices. Differences in surge pricing, phone GPS, driver availability, & promotions can have an impact. More here: https://t.co/JY4i5dPRDI

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

These trips aren't the "same" at all. They didn't happen at the same time and therefore had different levels of rider demand, driver availability, trip length, and more. And our discounts aren't fake—CR's methodology was flawed from the start. Read more at https://t.co/AAOG9NFQkU.

[Josh Gold @JGoldny]

Best way to get to & from MetLife tonight is public transit. Still plenty of NJT tickets available. Uber alone can’t accommodate the demand. Surge pricing and event surcharges will be in effect to encourage more drivers to come into NJ. Plan ahead and take transit if you can!

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

NEW: Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber (NYSE: $UBER)

@dkhos's vision for @Uber:

One app for everything
Go anywhere, get anything

Dara took Uber from $4.5B in 2017 losses to nearly $10B in free cash flow

We cover:
→ Full circle Expedia partnership (hotels on Uber!!)
→ Shop For Me + new product launches
→ Lessons from Barry Diller
→ AV platform strategy (Waymo, Zoox, WeRide)
→ Why Uber was built for the AI era

Plus: learn how to actually raise your Uber rating.

This was so much fun, I couldn't keep my cool.
Hope you enjoy!

Thank you @NYSE for the video production, & Brooke for helping set this up!

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒

(00:00) Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO at Uber
(00:48) The biggest bet of 2026
(02:04) The accidental feature
(04:16) Your next Uber might come with a Coffee
(05:54) Uber One’s global takeover
(06:32) Growth hack to outpace rivals
(08:04) Replacing overpriced room service
(11:25) The Expedia reunion
(14:10) The 10-minute airport hack
(17:05) The $10 billion FCF comeback
(19:00) Barry Diller’s golden advice
(22:49) Uber’s internal AI shift
(26:59) Will AI make Uber apps obsolete?
(27:36) Self-driving cars
(28:47) AI’s biggest misconception
(29:39) Hack your Uber rating
(31:36) Junior Devs coding for millions

[Balaji Krishnamurthy @_balaji_km]

.@Uber Q1’26 earnings are out — we’re off to an exceptional start to 2026:
✅Third straight quarter of 21%+ Gross Bookings growth
✅Non-GAAP EPS up 44% to $0.72
✅Nearly $10B of TTM Free Cash Flow — a record high
🥇Membership joined the 50/50 club — 50M members, 50% Gross Bookings coverage
🏋🏻‍♂️No skipped reps — delivering on our Mobility barbell strategy (low cost + premium)
💰Record $3B in share repurchases

Looking ahead, our product innovation, AV leadership, and AI momentum have us well positioned to accelerate the power of our platform. Let’s #GoGetIt!

https://t.co/t8EfDL0I7C

[dara khosrowshahi @dkhos]

It’s not a car! A few months ago, I took my first ride in a @Zoox robotaxi with co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson. It was clear from the start that their commitment to safety and purpose-built AV tech would make them an incredible partner for @Uber. Coming to Vegas this summer, LA next year!

[Andrew Macdonald @andrewgordonmac]

More AVs coming to more cities in the 🇺🇸

@Uber and @zoox coming to Las Vegas and LA soon

Let’s go!

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@intelFromBrian This has been confirmed as fake by a @DeptofWar official:

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE - Statement per DOD: “The command did not issue messages to US service members to turn off location services on their electronic devices and did not issue messages that applications had been compromised.”

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@intelFromBrian This has been confirmed as fake by a @DeptofWar official:

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE - Statement per DOD: “The command did not issue messages to US service members to turn off location services on their electronic devices and did not issue messages that applications had been compromised.”

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@Breaking911 This has been confirmed as fake:

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE - Statement per DOD: “The command did not issue messages to US service members to turn off location services on their electronic devices and did not issue messages that applications had been compromised.”

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@Breaking911 This is being investigated as a hoax: https://t.co/NU2vJDs5H0

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE: This is being assessed as a potential hoax, a state official tells me. The supposed memo has been circulated widely among service member group chats and social media pages, but they can’t seem to determine its origin.

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE - Statement per DOD: “The command did not issue messages to US service members to turn off location services on their electronic devices and did not issue messages that applications had been compromised.”

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@MarioNawfal This has been confirmed as fake:

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE - Statement per DOD: “The command did not issue messages to US service members to turn off location services on their electronic devices and did not issue messages that applications had been compromised.”

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@MarioNawfal This is an unsubstantiated rumor. We have no indication that this 'all military' email is real, or that the Uber app has been compromised. It is being investigated as a hoax:

https://t.co/kkiZjeL3XJ

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE: This is being assessed as a potential hoax, a state official tells me. The supposed memo has been circulated widely among service member group chats and social media pages, but they can’t seem to determine its origin.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@rawsalerts This is an unsubstantiated rumor. We have no indication that this 'all military' email is real, or that the Uber app has been compromised. It is being investigated as a hoax:

https://t.co/NU2vJDsDwy

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE: This is being assessed as a potential hoax, a state official tells me. The supposed memo has been circulated widely among service member group chats and social media pages, but they can’t seem to determine its origin.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@Milajoy This is an unsubstantiated rumor. We have no indication that this 'all military' email is real, or that the Uber app has been compromised. It is being investigated as a hoax:

https://t.co/NU2vJDsDwy

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE: This is being assessed as a potential hoax, a state official tells me. The supposed memo has been circulated widely among service member group chats and social media pages, but they can’t seem to determine its origin.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@ThePatriotOasis This is being investigated as a hoax: https://t.co/NU2vJDs5H0

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE: This is being assessed as a potential hoax, a state official tells me. The supposed memo has been circulated widely among service member group chats and social media pages, but they can’t seem to determine its origin.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@ThePatriotOasis This is an unsubstantiated rumor. We have no indication that this 'all military' email is real, or that the Uber app has been compromised.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@merlinscapital This is being investigated as a hoax: https://t.co/NU2vJDs5H0

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

UPDATE: This is being assessed as a potential hoax, a state official tells me. The supposed memo has been circulated widely among service member group chats and social media pages, but they can’t seem to determine its origin.

[Uber Comms @Uber_Comms]

@merlinscapital This is an unsubstantiated rumor. We have no indication that this 'all military' email is real, or that the Uber app has been compromised.