Uber expands into travel services and launches autonomous vehicle data unit

Uber has added hotel bookings via Expedia and boat rentals to its app, and launched AV Labs to collect driving data for autonomous vehicle partners.

• Uber announced a partnership with Expedia to offer hotel bookings within its app.
• Uber’s AV Labs unit will equip hundreds of cars with sensors to collect millions of miles of driving data.
• Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal said the company sells driver and rider data to generative AI companies.
• Uber ended its Waymo pilot in Phoenix while scaling autonomous vehicle partnerships in Austin and Atlanta.