What this means is that Uber doesn&#x27;t have an efficient enough algorithm for ride sharing and they currently are giving us a solution that will optimize the routes upfront.<p>This will give them enough competitive data to figure out the live on-line algorithm. And of course, lowering the prices still, but it won&#x27;t work for those of us who want the routes now, not planned upfront.<p>Way to go free datasets.<p>Although it&#x27;s nice to know that researchers at Uber still haven&#x27;t figured it out, makes the competition a bit happier.<p>It&#x27;s quite funny how a company raises so much money, and then, after you have it you go solve the hard problems, or at least that&#x27;s how Uber works.