Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi division operates approximately 1,000 vehicles globally, most of which operate in China. The company has said it wants to use its reach and scale to help autonomous vehicles proliferate across the globe. And it doesn’t want to just work with a few AV operators — it wants to work with all of them. That’s what’s happening right now in Austin and Atlanta, where Uber’s partnership with Waymo serves as a preview of what’s the come: human-driven Uber vehicles operating alongside driverless Waymo ones, all within the same app. Robotaxi operators are teaming up with Uber because that’s where all the customers exist.