Waymo is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets and self-driving car technology when Waymo’s former engineer, Anthony Levandowski left the company, supposedly stealing thousands of confidential documents containing trade secrets.
Waymo believes Uber executives, including then-CEO Travis Kalanick, knew about the stolen data. It claims the company used Waymo’s laser and radar technology called LiDAR to further its own self-driving efforts.
“We have accumulated significant and compelling evidence of Uber’s theft and use of Waymo’s trade secrets, and we look forward to finally presenting our case to the public,” a spokeswoman for Waymo told CNNTech.
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