Subj : Uber x Travis Kalanick ¨, YouTube AI ¨, writing to RAM ¨¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Fri Jun 27 2025 10:45:37 --K6N7lGGM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Uber is in talks with Travis Kalanick to help fund his acquisition of the= US subsidiary of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Warp] [4] TLDR 2025-06-27 =E2=9A= =A1WARP'S AI CODING AGENT LEAPS AHEAD OF CLAUDE CODE TO HIT #1 ON TERMINA= L-BENCH (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Warp just launched the first=C2=A0Agentic Deve= lopment Environment [4], built for devs who want to move faster. 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