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flag Uber is hiring engineers despite tech layoffs, using AI to boost productivity and support its 2027 robotaxi goal.

flag Despite widespread tech layoffs driven by AI, Uber is expanding its engineering team, with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi stating AI enhances worker productivity, calling it a "force multiplier." flag The company uses AI across operations like routing, pricing, and customer service, with 80%–90% of developers leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual work. flag Uber’s AI-driven systems have generated hundreds of millions in value, supporting projects like 100,000 robotaxis by 2027. flag Unlike peers such as Meta and Google, Uber is investing in human-AI collaboration, betting that augmented engineers deliver greater long-term value than automation-driven cuts.

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