Uber Hires Google’s Former Head Of Search, Stoking A Rivalry

MIKE ISAAC and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, NY Times: Technology
Fri, 01/20/2017 - 2:35pm

Amit Singhal, a 15-year Google veteran, said he was joining Uber, a coup for a company that has publicly stated its intention to chase Google in autonomous-vehicle research.

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