US news The Uber trial exposing dirty secrets of Silicon Valley's greatest innovators As a blockbuster trade secrets trial kicks off, Anthony Levandowski is the central figure in the bitter dispute between Uber and Waymo Anthony Levandowski in 2016 when he was head of Uber’s self-driving program. He was fired by Uber after failing to cooperate with its investigation into claims by Waymo, the former self-driving car arm of Google. Last February, just as Uber’s year of reckoning was getting started, Waymo filed a lawsuit accusing Uber of the “calculated theft” of its self-driving car technology. The suit also exploded the prevailing narrative of Uber’s autonomous vehicle ambitions, transforming Levandowski from wunderkind to supervillain overnight. As for Levandowski, the 37-year-old was fired by Uber after failing to cooperate with its investigation into Waymo’s claim.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2018 12:00 UTC