Overview
Uber Technologies Inc. announced the termination of its robotaxi partnership with Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo in the Phoenix market. The ride‑hailing segment concluded last month after the program completed "hundreds of thousands" of trips, and the on‑demand food‑delivery component had already been discontinued in May 2025.
Partnership History
- Waymo launched paid passenger rides on its own app in Phoenix in 2020, marking the city as its first market.
- A multiyear agreement was signed in 2023, under which Waymo vehicles appeared on the Uber app later that year for both robotaxi rides and food‑delivery orders.
- At its peak, the deployment involved just over a dozen Waymo‑branded autonomous vehicles dedicated to the joint program.
Future Plans
- Uber indicated it will introduce a new autonomous‑vehicle program in Phoenix with another, unnamed provider; no further details were disclosed.
- Waymo stated its vehicles will be reintegrated into its own fleet to support a delivery partnership with DoorDash Inc. and a public‑transit collaboration with Via Transportation Inc., the latter having started in the previous year.
Geographic Scope
- The partnership never expanded beyond Phoenix; no additional cities were announced after the initial rollout.
- Uber and Waymo had previously extended the collaboration to Austin and Atlanta in 2025.
- Waymo has since expanded its autonomous‑vehicle operations to Nashville, Miami and several Texas cities, where it works with alternative fleet managers and competes directly with Uber for passenger business.
Market Reaction
- Over the past twelve months, Uber’s share price has fallen more than 18%, underperforming the S&P 500’s roughly 20% gain in the same period.