Uber’s CEO on ‘Delightful’ Products and Smart Career Moves

October 26th, 2023 at 8:29 AM EDT

Photo Credit: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at the Skift Global Forum in New York City, September 2023. Skift

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Uber's CEO sits down with Skift's CEO to talk about the importance of building delightful products, the potential of autonomous vehicles, and the role of career compounding.

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Today on the podcast we feature Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in conversation with Skift Founder and CEO Rafat Ali onstage at Skift Global Forum in New York City last month.

Among a litany of subjects, Khosrowshahi discusses Uber’s high burn rate, its use of artificial intelligence, upcoming product releases like Uber Teens, Uber becoming a super app, and how essential the delivery service (Uber Eats) is to the business today.

Host: Rafat Ali
Guest: Dara Khosrowshahi
Producer: Jose Marmolejos

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