Uber admits ex-CEO Kalanick knew Levandowski had stolen Google information

Post by scarface74 » Sun, Jun 25, 2017, 11:34 PM UTC

iaw wrote: post #17

whack wrote: post #5

One of the key points is buried a few paragraphs in. > "Uber, though, says Kalanick told Levandowski not to bring any of the Google information with him to Uber... The filing asserts that Levandowski destroyed the disks containing Google's material not long after Kalanick told him that Uber didn't want the information on them." I have no way of knowing if the above is true, but if so, it paints Kalanick in a far more…

> it paints Kalanick in a far more positive light than the headline suggests. Not to me, if I'm doing business with someone and they say "oh, I also stole this other stuff you might like" I'd take that as a red flag about their ethical fortitude. The actually appropriate thing to do would be to Google/Waymo of the potential IP threat and insulate Uber from future legal repercussions. Walk away from the acquisition. T…

Post by floogtheunfound » Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 12:57 AM UTC

sriram_sun wrote: post #14

whack wrote: post #5

One of the key points is buried a few paragraphs in. > "Uber, though, says Kalanick told Levandowski not to bring any of the Google information with him to Uber... The filing asserts that Levandowski destroyed the disks containing Google's material not long after Kalanick told him that Uber didn't want the information on them." I have no way of knowing if the above is true, but if so, it paints Kalanick in a far more…

So is this a fair characterization of the conversation? L: I've access to Google's lidar designs if we ever need them. K: Burn it bro. I don't want that stuff traced to us. I'll still buy you out. Levandowki ends up using the (already stolen) designs anyway as revealed in the accidental email from the 3rd party vendor.