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by brandon 3182 days ago
The document shows in great detail that Kalanick and Levandowski were already working together closely before work on the truck even began.

2016-01-26 - Levandowski's last day at Google

2016-02-22 - iMessage chatter directly between Levandowski and Kalanick about poaching more Google employees

That certainly paints the "acquisition" of Ottomotto in August 2016 in a different light, no? It's also shown in the document that Levandowski was meeting with Kalanick and other Uber execs as early as June 2015, though it's harder to divine what was happening at that time.