Uber's swerve on gas prices, hotels, and a driverless future, with Andrew Macdonald

Uber's swerve on gas prices, hotels, and a driverless future, with Andrew Macdonald

From Rapid Response by WaitWhat

May 22, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Andrew Macdonald discusses Uber's insights on consumer behavior, gas prices, and the company's future in hospitality and autonomous vehicles.

Few companies are a stronger barometer of the American economy today than Uber, and few executives have a clearer view of what's coming than President and COO Andrew Macdonald. He joins Rapid Response to share what Uber's real-time data reveals about consumer behavior amid surging gas prices, and what the company's rapid expansion into hotels and hospitality really signals about its ambitions. Macdonald also confronts the uncomfortable question at the heart of Uber's autonomous vehicle push: what does the company actually owe its millions of drivers? Plus, why the rising cost of AI isn't just a tech-sector problem, and what it means for businesses of every size trying to keep up. Visit the Rapid Response website here:  https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Andrew Macdonald

Topics covered

  • Uber
  • gas prices
  • hospitality
  • autonomous vehicles
  • consumer behavior
  • AI costs

Keywords

  • Uber
  • gas prices
  • hotels
  • autonomous vehicles
  • consumer behavior
  • AI costs
  • business expansion

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Organizations: Uber, Rapid Response, WaitWhat

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