Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped (p. 228) indicates that the transition of Anthony Levandowski and other colleagues at Google’s self-driving program, from Google to Otto, was a sham designed to streamline their transition to Uber. He explains that Levandowski created Otto “as if he were interested in pursuing his own trucking startup” (emphasis added). Otto’s discussion with venture capitalists were, Isaac says, “mostly for appearance’s sake.” Uber’s acquisition of Otto was, Isaac says, effectively preordained.