Uber is in preliminary talks with its co-founder, Travis Kalanick, to assist him in acquiring Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous vehicle startup. Kalanick aims to lead Pony if the deal goes through, as Uber faces increasing competition from self-driving taxi services like Waymo.
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