Uber

2026-11-02

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · InfoQ AI, ML & Data Engineering

Uber builds MCP Gateway to govern access to 800+ servers and 5,000+ AI agent tools

Uber has built an MCP Gateway that standardizes discovery, invocation, authorization, and execution for internal AI agent tools, supporting more than 800 MCP servers and over 5,000 tools. The design separates a control-plane MCP Registry (tool definitions, schemas, ownership, enablement) from a Proxy Gateway (runtime protocol translation and execution), and includes AutoCrawler for automated tool discovery, Omni MCP for incremental discovery, PII redaction, and integrations for third-party auth.

7.0

2026-11-02

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · MIT Technology Review AI

Measure AI coding by cost-per-merged-PR, not tokens; hybrid on‑prem routing cuts token costs

The article argues that per-token pricing poorly reflects the value of agentic coding workflows and recommends measuring cost per merged pull request (and cost per active developer) instead. It advocates hybrid architectures—routing complex planning to frontier models and routine generation to owned open-weight models (HPE reports routing routine workloads to HPE Private Cloud AI cut token costs 30–50%)—to lower marginal inference costs and keep sensitive code on-premises.

6.0

2026-10-23

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

inDrive signs MOU to test Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxis with Nvidia in Astana in 2027

inDrive said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Pony.ai and Nvidia to explore integrating Pony.ai’s Gen-7 robotaxis into inDrive’s app and to begin supervised testing in Astana, Kazakhstan in the first half of 2027. Nvidia will provide its Hyperion platform and Halos safety system; initial trials will include a safety operator and aim for fully driverless service eventually.

7.0

2026-10-22

COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · OpenAI

Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to all 30,000 employees

Uber and OpenAI expanded their partnership, scaling a ChatGPT Work pilot from 1,000 users to the company’s entire global workforce of about 30,000. Uber says the tool is being used across departments—finance, operations, product—for tasks like analyzing operations data, localizing training materials, and building personalized dashboards, and the company will track usage and outcomes to guide further AI deployment.

7.0

2026-10-18

REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Woman arrested in Philadelphia for blocking Uber delivery robot

Carolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she stood in front of an Uber delivery robot in downtown Philadelphia and refused to move; she told ABC13 she protests because she believes delivery robots are taking human jobs. The incident, captured on video, adds to local backlash against autonomous delivery machines amid broader concerns about AI and job displacement.

3.0

2026-09-16

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Cohere

Cohere explains the 'Total Cost of AI Ownership' and enterprise trade-offs

Cohere published a blog post framing 'Total Cost of AI Ownership' (AI TCO), walking through visible (token pricing) and hidden costs of running AI at scale and advising enterprises how to decide which capabilities to own versus rent. The post highlights token economics, model-call chains, infrastructure utilization, references Gartner's $2.52 trillion 2026 AI spending projection, and uses examples (e.g., Uber) to illustrate how AI usage can rapidly increase costs.

6.0