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Fricken on July 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Most Waymo Patent Claims Dropped in Autonomous Car...

Uber would totally be worth 70 Billion as an Alphabet subsidiary, but there's no way Alphabet would acquire it for that price. Put Susan Wocjicki in charge of Uber, and have her pull a Stephen Elop routine to drive down Uber's valuation to something Alphabet can afford. Then just rebrand the whole thing as Waymo.

jaypaulynice on July 8, 2017 [–]

...they would have to fold under the Uber brand. Alphabet/Google automatically gives it credibility.

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