Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal as SVP of Engineering
Uber’s latest hire has a storied and accomplished history in Silicon Valley – Amit Singhal, former Senior Vice President of Search and employee number 176 at Google, has joined the ride-hailing company as SVP of Engineering. Singhal will be heading up the Maps and Marketplace departments at Uber, while also advising CEO Travis Kalanick and Uber VP of Engineering and Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski on their efforts to build out the company’s self-driving technology. The last time we in tech ..>> view originalWeekly Roundup: Zuckerberg defends Oculus in court, Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal as SVP of Engineering and other top stories.
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