Uber said Wednesday it will launch its own robotaxi service in San Francisco late next year, taking on Google-owned Waymo on the rideshare giant's home streets.

The announcement came a day after Uber and Nvidia touted an alliance to deploy 100,000 robotaxis starting in 2027.

"The future is on its way," Uber said in the post on X, adding that on-road development of more than 100 self-driving Lucid vehicles for the robotaxi program is in progress.

Uber currently lets users in a few US cities hail robotaxis operated by Waymo.

Nvidia earlier this week announced it was working with carmakers Stellantis, Lucid, and Mercedes-Benz to deploy 100,000 robotaxis starting in 2027, as the AI chip giant works to put itself at the core of self-driving vehicle systems.

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