Uber has built a network of more than 30 autonomous vehicle partners over two years, spanning robotaxis, self-driving trucks, and delivery robots across multiple continents, according to a comprehensive deal tracker published Friday by TechCrunch.
Uber has assembled a network of more than 30 autonomous vehicle partners over the past two years, spanning sidewalk delivery robots, self-driving trucks, and robotaxi services across multiple continents — a strategy that reflects the company's attempt to become the dominant distribution layer for autonomous mobility without developing the underlying technology itself.
The expansion, tracked by TechCrunch in a comprehensive deal log published Friday, comes roughly six years after Uber exited the AV development business entirely.
Under then-CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber in 2020 sold its Uber Advanced Technologies Group to Aurora, its aerial mobility unit Elevate to Joby Aviation, and its e-bike business Jump to Lime, retaining equity stakes in each. The retreat was framed as a return to core businesses — ride-hailing and food delivery using human drivers.
By 2022, Uber had begun quietly re-entering the space through commercial partnerships rather than direct development. The deal flow accelerated in 2024.
Among Uber's most significant current holdings is a stake in Aurora, the self-driving truck company that acquired Uber ATG. As of this past April, Uber — through its holding company Neben Holdings — owns 325.97 million Aurora Class A shares, representing a 19.7% Class A equity stake and 6.9% voting power, according to SEC filings. Uber Freight, the logistics spinout, announced a multi-year collaboration with Aurora in June 2024, and by May 2025 Aurora's self-driving trucks were completing roundtrip hauls between Dallas and Houston via the Uber Freight platform.
On the robotaxi front, Uber has inked agreements with a wide range of operators. In June 2026, Uber and Israel-based Autobrains announced plans to launch a robotaxi program in Munich, pending regulatory approval, using Autobrains' agentic AI driving system running on Nvidia's Drive Hyperion platform. That same month, Uber formalized a robotaxi service agreement with WeRide in Madrid, with fleet operations handled by Avomo — a European fleet operator formerly known as Moove Cars in which Uber holds a 30% stake.
Avomo also manages fleet services — including vehicle cleaning, maintenance, inspections, charging, and depot operations — for Uber's Waymo partnership in Austin, underscoring how deeply the company is embedded in Uber's AV logistics infrastructure.
In July 2025, Uber announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Baidu, under which thousands of Apollo Go autonomous vehicles would be deployed on the Uber platform in markets outside the U.S. and mainland China, starting in Asia and the Middle East. Baidu said it would begin testing Apollo Go robotaxis in London in the first half of 2026 through the partnership; as of June, those tests had not started.
Avride, the Yandex spinout now under parent company Nebius Group, disclosed in fall 2025 that it had secured strategic investments and commercial commitments worth $375 million from Uber and Nebius. By the end of 2025, Avride robotaxis — built on Hyundai IONIQ 5s outfitted with Avride's self-driving system — were available on the Uber app in Dallas. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into Avride in May 2026 after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury; as of June, those vehicles still had a human safety operator behind the wheel.
Not every partnership has survived. Uber and GM's Cruise announced a strategic agreement in August 2024 to bring Cruise robotaxis onto the Uber app in 2025. In December 2024, GM shut down Cruise's robotaxi business entirely, citing high costs and mounting competition, rendering that deal moot.
On the delivery side, Uber has partnered with sidewalk robot companies including Cartken, Coco, and Avride, as well as drone delivery firm Flytrex, in which Uber made a small undisclosed investment in September 2025. Cartken robots are currently delivering food in Osaka, Japan, while Coco expanded its partnership with Uber Eats into Miami neighborhoods in April 2025.
The scale and structure of Uber's AV strategy — equity stakes, commercial deployment agreements, and fleet management partnerships operating simultaneously across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East — signals that the company is positioning itself as the demand-side aggregator for an industry still working through regulatory, safety, and operational hurdles.
Marc Sabatini is a staff writer at TechEchelon covering enterprise software, cybersecurity, and the regulatory beats that shape both. He focuses on the deal flow and policy decisions that move markets.
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