Carnegie Mellon Reels After Uber Lures Away Researchers
Uber staffs new tech center with researchers poached from its collaborator on self-driving technology
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University is scrambling to recover after Uber Technologies Inc. poached 40 of its researchers and scientists earlier this year, a raid that left one of the world’s top robotics research institutions in a crisis.
In February, Carnegie Mellon and Uber trumpeted a strategic partnership in which the school would “work...