Dara Khosrowshahi swooped in to tame a beastly work culture and try to make the on-demand giant profitable. Now he’s expanding into trucks and boats, but he still sees Uber as a fixer-upper.

Three weeks after I became CEO of Uber in 2017, our licence to operate in London was revoked. It was not how I expected to start my new job, but it showed me how much work we had ahead of us to become a better partner to the cities we serve. At the time, I told Londoners that we would change the way we operate.

As a company that powers movement, it’s our goal to ensure everyone can move freely and safely, whether physically, economically or socially.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Uber's evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how it's preparing for the world to re-open, and the one segment of the company that is thriving right now - its food delivery business, UberEats. Khosrowshahi also discusses the company's recent 6700-person layoffs, the blowback UberEats has received for the fees it imposes on restaurant owners, and the “rumors” that it will acquire food delivery rival GrubHub, and why that...

I’ve spent my first two months as Uber’s CEO meeting our teams around the world, dealing with a few firefights, and experiencing firsthand the entrepreneurial culture that Uber is known for. It’s that forward-leaning, fearless approach that has underpinned much of Uber’s success and has attracted many employees, including me, to the company.

It's pouring down rain outside of my window here at our headquarters in the Seattle area, which seems only fitting following the gloriously optimistic blue skies and sunshine that graced us here last week. Walking around the hallways, one thing is clear: we can relate to the weather today following last night’s Super Bowl loss in Arizona.