Travis Kalanick’s text messages with former employee Anthony Levandowski reveal an obsession with Tesla and Google

Travis Kalanick’s text messages with former employee Anthony Levandowski reveal an obsession with Tesla and Google

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https://www.recode.net/2017/8/15/16151986/travis-kalanick-anthony-levandowski-texts-tesla-google-waymo-lawsuit

Alphabet’s lawsuit against Uber has been revealing, to say the least. Now Uber has filed a series of texts between former CEO Travis Kalanick and the company’s former head of self-driving Anthony Levandowski that shed some light on the duo’s dynamic as well as their priorities.

After reading the texts, it’s hard not come away with one big thing: Kalanick and Levandowski were very interested — if not obsessed — with what their potential competitors in the self-driving industry were doing.