A year and a half ago, Uber set up an Advanced Technologies Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh. Its mission: to make self-driving Ubers a reality. Today, we’re excited to announce that the world’s first Self-Driving Ubers are now on the road in the Steel City.
About Self-Driving Uber on Product Hunt
“The world’s first Self-Driving Ubers”
Self-Driving Uber launched on Product Hunt on September 14th, 2016 and earned 633 upvotes and 81 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. A year and a half ago, Uber set up an Advanced Technologies Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh. Its mission: to make self-driving Ubers a reality. Today, we’re excited to announce that the world’s first Self-Driving Ubers are now on the road in the Steel City.
On the analytics side, Self-Driving Uber competes within Ridesharing, Cars, Travel, Transportation, Artificial Intelligence and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Self-Driving Uber performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Self-Driving Uber?
Self-Driving Uber was hunted by Ben Tossell. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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