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Market2026-08-06

On Uber's Q2 2026 earnings call, held Thursday and reported Aug. 6, 2026, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi described AI investments as delivering many small gains rather than a single large payoff. He said Uber reduced headcount in a few organizations by roughly 10% to 20% during the quarter, including about 10% of its customer service workforce cut the prior month, producing modest savings, and that productivity gains should let the company moderate future hiring. He cited the Uber Eats cart assistant, which converts a photographed recipe or handwritten list into a grocery order and produces carts often twice the size of non-AI carts, and said Uber correctly predicts a rider's destination about three-quarters of the time without typing. Gartner VP analyst Kathy Ross said the headcount cuts should be decoupled from current AI results and look more like restructuring to prepare for future AI use.

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