--- title: Uber launches an ‘AV Labs’ division to gather driving... description: Uber is launching AV Labs, a new division that will collect real-world driving data for its 20+ autonomous vehicle partners like Waymo and Waabi. Rather than... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/uber-launches-an-av-labs-division-to-gather-driving-data-for-robotaxi-partners-ehfrga5ru twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Uber launches an ‘AV Labs’ division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners | daily.dev og:description: Uber is launching AV Labs, a new division that will collect real-world driving data for its 20+ autonomous vehicle partners like Waymo and Waabi. Rather than... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/uber-launches-an-av-labs-division-to-gather-driving-data-for-robotaxi-partners-ehfrga5ru og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ehfrGa5Ru.png og:image:alt: Uber launches an ‘AV Labs’ division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Uber launches an ‘AV Labs’ division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Uber is launching AV Labs, a new division that will collect real-world driving data for its 20+ autonomous vehicle partners like Waymo and Waabi. Rather than developing its own robotaxis, Uber will deploy sensor-equipped cars to gather data that helps partners solve edge cases through reinforcement learning. The company plans to offer this processed data for free initially, believing that advancing AV technology benefits the entire ecosystem more than monetization. Starting with one prototype vehicle, Uber aims to scale to hundreds of employees within a year and leverage its presence in 600 cities for targeted data collection. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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