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• [New] Uber will invest $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, subject to the achievement of certain autonomous milestones by specific dates, building towards a scaled, fully autonomous fleet of Rivian R2 robotaxis, which will be available exclusively through the Uber platform. Go Local Prov
• [New] Rivian Automotive and Uber Technologies announced a partnership to help accelerate both companies' autonomous vehicle plans, expecting to deploy 10,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis in the first phase of R2 robotaxi deployment. Go Local Prov
• [New] Nvidia recently partnered directly with Uber to scale a global autonomous fleet targeting 100,000 vehicles by 2027 using Nvidia's AI infrastructure. Not a Tesla App
• [New] Nvidia is broadening its partnership with Uber, saying it will launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles powered entirely by Nvidia's Drive AV software in 28 cities across four continents by 2028, with Los Angeles and San Francisco starting earlier in 2027. ZDNet
• [New] Supported by a growing roster of automaker platforms, NVIDIA and Uber today announced an expanded partnership to launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles entirely powered by the full-stack NVIDIA DRIVE AV software across 28 cities and four continents by 2028. NVIDIA Newsroom
• [New] By 2026, autonomous agent fleets are projected to saturate manual review processes at scale; a structural asymmetry, since criminal actors can deploy AI without any of the regulatory or explainability constraints that financial institutions face. SOCRadar Cyber Intelligence Inc.
• [New] The next wave of products entering Australian markets will be AI-embedded: autonomous driving stacks, industrial AI, and, eventually, service robotics. Pearls and Irritations
• [New] Anthropic has filed federal lawsuits challenging its designation as a supply chain risk by the Department of War, which followed a standoff regarding the use of its AI in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. AI-Weekly
• [New] Agentic AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making and workflow orchestration will become a competitive necessity within three to five years. GlobeNewswire
• [New] Autonomous vehicles and grocery combined can add more than $20 billion gross bookings by 2029. Yahoo Finance
• [New] By 2027, 50% of enterprises will have autonomous agents deployed. Orbilon Technologies
• [New] Autonomous AI agents are expected to deliver $150 billion in annual savings for the US healthcare sector by 2026, through clinical documentation, diagnostic support, patient triage, and administrative automation. Orbilon Technologies
• [New] By 2032, Navy documents project that autonomous vessels could represent 15-20% of a typical carrier strike group's surface combatant force. Y F News
• [New] Robotaxis are rapidly expanding into more cities as companies race to commercialize autonomous ride-hailing, but Alphabet's Waymo remains the early leader while Tesla's vast manufacturing scale and financial resources could reshape the competitive landscape. Economic Times
• [New] Backed by an additional $250 million from Uber, Waabi plans to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous taxis through Uber's ride-hailing service, whose world-dominating reach encompasses 70 countries, about 15,000 cities and more than 200 million monthly users. IEEE Spectrum
• [New] Uber's and Motional's Hyundai Ioniq 5 autonomous EVs will start appearing as an option for riders in Las Vegas. Engadget
• [New] Customers will increase the chance of getting matched with one by enabling autonomous vehicle pickup within the Uber app. TechCrunch
• [New] Similar to Amazon's AWS, Tesla could eventually license its FSD software or Dojo compute power to legacy OEMs who are failing to develop proprietary autonomous stacks, transforming Tesla into a high-margin software licensor. Bingx Exchange
• [New] The U.S. military will have to adapt much faster to manufacture drones in the enormous numbers required and to learn to employ autonomous systems effectively. Foreign Affairs Magazine
• Autonomous trucks could cut freight operating costs by up to 45%, saving the US industry between $85 billion and $125 billion a year. Darden Ideas to Action
• Saudi Arabia has set targets for 2030: 25% of freight transport and 15% of public transit to be autonomous. Gasgoo Auto News
• Dubai's Smart Mobility 2030 strategy mandates that 25% of trips be autonomous by 2030, rising to 36% by 2040. Gasgoo Auto News

Last updated: 22 March 2026