Uber + Pony AI + Verne (Croatia launch)
- First commercial robotaxi deployment in Europe
- Uber provides:
- Customer interface
- Pony AI:
- Autonomous driving stack
- Verne:
- Fleet operations
Why it matters:
- Europe has lagged the U.S./China — this changes that
- Introduces a platform model for autonomy (Uber as aggregator)
- Sets up multi-city European rollout (thousands of vehicles planned)
