Andrew Macdonald

President & Chief Operating Officer, Uber

Search every verified Andrew Macdonald interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Andrew Macdonald, Uber's president and chief operating officer, discussed the company's scale and strategic priorities in a rare interview, noting that Uber conducts 300 million trips per week and has 200 million monthly users. He described autonomous vehicles as "existential" to the company's future, stating that the technology is "as bad as it's ever going to be today" and will improve daily, eventually surpassing human-driven services in most use cases. Macdonald also reflected on Uber's past competition in China, recalling that the company was "burning 52 million a week" there, and credited a former communications lead's advice to "always say yes" as influential in his career approach. Macdonald acknowledged that he resisted introducing a membership program longer than he should have, calling that a personal misstep. When asked about Uber's competitive edge against rivals like DoorDash, he cited pricing as a key factor, though he noted that public markets often misinterpret such comments as signaling a price war. He also predicted that AI would allow Uber to operate with fewer people within five years, saying, "We could do everything we do today with less people in 5 years because of the power of AI."