Seriously? This Again?

Right, so Lior Ron, the guy who ran Uber Freight – you know, the part of Uber that *didn’t* spontaneously combust – has jumped ship to Waabi. Waabi, for those keeping score at home, is another goddamn self-driving truck startup. Because apparently we haven’t thrown enough money at this pipe dream already.

He’s now their Chief Operating Officer. COO. As if *that’ll* fix anything. They need a miracle worker, not someone who oversaw…well, Uber Freight. The article tries to spin it as “strategic move” and “expertise,” but let’s be real: he probably realized the writing was on the wall at Uber and bailed for slightly less-certain failure elsewhere.

Waabi’s got a Series B funding round under their belt, so they can afford to hire someone who…managed logistics. Fantastic. More venture capital getting flushed down the toilet while actual drivers are struggling. They claim Waabi is different because of its “AI-first” approach. Oh, *really*? Every single one of these companies says that. It’s like “organic” on a bag of chips at this point.

Honestly, I give it eighteen months before they’re either bought out for pennies on the dollar or quietly disappear. Don’t hold me to that though, predicting failure is about all I *can* do reliably these days.

Source: TechCrunch (because you probably don’t believe a word I say)

Speaking of self-driving tech, remember that time some bright spark thought it was a good idea to let an autonomous vehicle near a construction site? Yeah. That ended well. For the cones, maybe.

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