Uber CTO Praveen Naga announced a strategic shift toward Agentic AI to improve company-wide efficiency. This move follows reports that the company exhausted its initial 2026 AI budget ahead of schedule.
The strategy centers on Agentic Pods that pair elite AI engineers with domain experts in finance, legal, and HR. These teams will redesign complex manual workflows to automate internal operations.
Currently, 99% of Uber engineers utilize AI tools as part of a deep technology integration. The company aims to transition from consuming expensive AI services to driving tangible productivity gains and reducing long-term operating costs.