Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash sue NYC for limiting fees the apps can charge restaurants Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Rebecca Bellan - September 10, 20210 Food ordering and delivery platforms DoorDash, Caviar, Grubhub, Seamless, Postmates and Uber Eats have banded together to sue the City of New York over a law that would permanently limit the amount of commissions the apps can charge restaurants to use their services. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news
Yandex buys out Uber’s stake in Yandex Self-Driving Group, Eats, Lavka and Delivery for $1B Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Rebecca Bellan - August 31, 20210 Russian internet and ride-hail giant Yandex has acquired Uber’s stake in its Self-Driving Group (SDG), as well as Uber’s indirect interest in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and Yandex.Delivery. The total cost of the deal came to $1 billion, giving the Russian company 100% ownership over all four businesses. Yandex SDG is an autonomous
Tech-driven Butternut Box eats its own dog food — raises $55.4M to scale-up Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Mike Butcher - August 10, 20210 Butternut Box, a London-based fresh dog food business with a tech-driven platform that delivers HelloFresh-style, catered dogfood, has raised $55.4 million (€47.2 million) in a funding round led by L Catterton, the consumer-focused private equity firm, and included participation from White Star Capital, Five Seasons Ventures and Passion Capital. We
Extra Crunch roundup: AI eats fintech, fundraising visas, no-code transition tips, more Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Walter Thompson - March 20, 20210 Most American retail banks are designed the same way: Customers must pass several desks set aside for loan and mortgage officers before they can talk to a customer representative. I only step inside a bank a few times each year, but even pre-pandemic, I can’t remember the last time I saw
Uber eats Uber Eats, embedding it in the main app Tech and Gaming Blog by Josh Constine - June 5, 20190 Uber’s best hope to beat all its ride sharing and food delivery competitors is that it does both. Through cross-promotion, it can combine activities people might only do a few times per week or month into a product they open daily. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said cryptically on the company’s