Ex-Uber engineer goes bankrupt in US$179mil Google vice-grip

Levandowski’s understanding of self-driving cars spawned multimillion-dollar bidding wars for his talent, but he got caught between the companies’ fierce competition in the race to own the technology. — Reuters

One of Silicon Valley’s most highly prized engineers filed for bankruptcy after Google won a US$179mil (RM745.37mil) award against him over his defection to Uber Technologies Inc.

Anthony Levandowski’s understanding of self-driving cars spawned multimillion-dollar bidding wars for his talent, but he got caught between the companies’ fierce competition in the race to own the technology.