# Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uber-only-fulfilled-4-rides-from-ai-agents-last-quarter/
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:58:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T19:57:10+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1026306/ber-ai-agents-q3-earnings-disintermediation
- Topics: AI, Business, Companies, Technology

## Key points

- AI agents arranged only four Uber rides in Q3.
- They placed around 500 Uber Eats orders over Halloween week.
- Uber says its app remains central to its strategy.

## Summary

Uber said third-party AI agents arranged just four rides on its platform in the third quarter of 2026, suggesting they currently pose little threat to its direct app business. The figures offer an early measure of how rarely customers are using AI tools to book rides or place orders through Uber.

AI agents placed around 500 Uber Eats orders during Halloween week, compared with 320 million rides and deliveries overall. Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber would work with third-party AI companies but expects its own app to remain the easiest option; the company is also developing in-app AI tools, including a grocery list assistant.

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