TechCrunch reported on November 4, 2026, that Uber logged just four AI-agent-booked rides and roughly 500 agent-placed Uber Eats orders during Halloween week, its busiest week in October, while CEO Dara Khosrowshahi still saw outside assistants as a potential source of demand. Chief financial officer Balaji Krishnamurthy told analysts on Uber’s third-quarter earnings call that the company handled around 320 million trips and orders across Uber and Uber Eats that week. The comparison shows how…