Uber CEO confirms 17 billion dollar valuation is true

On the Code conference, Uber CEO Travis KALANICKD confirmed that its 17 billion-dollar "record-breaking" valuation was true (the valuation was recently disclosed by WSJ). In addition to Uber, the other three companies Airbnb, Dropbox, millet also estimated last year reached 10 billion U.S. dollars, presumably broken record is this record it.

This financing up to more than 500 million U.S. dollars, plus the previous 300 million, so far the total financing will reach more than 800 million U.S. dollars high. BlackRock and Marvell Crossover Ventures are both potential investors, and some hedge funds are also interested in Uber, and the deal is still under negotiation.

"When there are no drivers in the car, using Uber service is cheaper than owning a car," he said. Kalanick said. It is rumored that Uber will be a participant in the Google Auto pilot project for a while, and only yesterday did we report that Google founder Sergey Brin officially unveiled the Google unmanned car prototype, which has no steering wheel, Without the accelerator and brakes, there is a long picture.

Recently, Google Maps integration of Uber, last August Uber completed the 360 million U.S. dollar C-round financing of the investment side of Google Ventures also impressively in the column. However, really have to wait until the Uber recruit an unmanned car ride should still need a long test, the current Meng Shen Car can only adapt to the ideal road conditions, of course, have to wait for the car prototype enough to do.