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It's far from unstoppable. They might have market share in the US because of their first mover advantage, but they ceded to Didi in China and to Yandex in Russia.

Is that true though? They are still subsidizing 60% of the cost on all rides no? Eventually there will be a reckoning and will really determine if this is a viable company.

Their plan for profitability so far has been "invent a ground breaking technology that will change the world before we run out of money in a couple years". That sounds more like delusions of grandeur than unstoppable juggernaut. Hopefully that changes under Khosrowshahi.

Uber may well yet become an unstoppable juggernaut, but they could just as easily flame in spectacular fashion.

See salesforce and amazon.