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.
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.
Self-Driving Uber was featured in Ridesharing (5.4k followers), Cars (6.2k followers), Travel (42.1k followers), Transportation (5.5k followers), Artificial Intelligence (466.2k followers) and Tech (621.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 263.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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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