TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROB LEVER

(FILES) -- THIS FILE PHOTO TAKEN ON DECEMBER 17, 2014 SHOWS UBER CEO TRAVIS KALANICK SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT THE BAIDU HEADQUARTERS IN BEIJING. UNLIKE MANY AMERICAN STARTUPS, UBER WAS NOT FOUNDED IN SOMEONE'S GARAGE, BUT WAS CONCEIVED INSTEAD ON A COLD NIGHT IN PARIS, WHEN TWO TECH ENTREPRENEURS COULD NOT FIND A TAXI. UBER CHIEF TRAVIS KALANICK AND CO-FOUNDER GARRETT CAMP WERE ATTENDING THE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE LE WEB IN LATE 2008, WHERE THEY WERE BRAINSTORMING IDEAS FOR A NEW VENTURE -- IN KALANICK'S TERMS, 