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  "claim": "Uber's advertising business passed a $2.5 billion annualized revenue run-rate in Q2 2026, growing about 50%",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Uber is becoming an ad company\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Uber",
    "title": "Q2 2026 Prepared Remarks",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Advertising exceeded a $2.5 billion annualized revenue run-rate this quarter, still growing roughly 50% YoY.",
  "method": "Uber management's prepared remarks for its Q2 2026 earnings call.",
  "drift": [
    "Run-rate (one period annualized), not reported annual revenue"
  ],
  "interest": "The company reporting its own results; figures are from its earnings release.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Uber said its advertising business exceeded a $2.5 billion annualized run-rate in Q2 2026, growing roughly 50% year over year.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Uber Q2 2026 prepared remarks (PDF)",
      "url": "https://s23.q4cdn.com/407969754/files/doc_earnings/2026/q2/transcript/Uber-Q2-26-Prepared-Remarks.pdf",
      "primary": true
    }
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  "as_of": "Q2 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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