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Instacart now powers on-demand grocery delivery for Yummly’s recipe app
With over $200 million in hand, grocery delivery startup Instacart is teaming up with Yummly, a popular recipe service, to deliver ingredients on-demand. Yummly announced the news this morning, touting...
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Postmates launches its one-hour delivery service on the web
Delivery startup Postmates made major moves on the web today with the launch of online ordering. VentureBeat first revealed Postmates’ plans back in December; the feature, we’re told, had been on the...
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McDonald’s joins the Postmates lovefest, inks delivery deal in New York
McDonald’s is the latest fast food behemoth to hook up with Postmates, the three-year-old delivery startup itching to boost New York City’s average resting heart rate. The deal was formally announced...
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On-demand delivery startup Postmates now valued at more than $400M after $80M...
As its competitors flounder, on-demand delivery startup Postmates announced an $80 million raise today led by Tiger Global, bringing the company’s total funding to date near $140 million. Postmates may...
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Postmates inks delivery deal with Walgreens to create an on-demand drugstore
Postmates has certainly been on a roll in terms of forming relationships with major retailers and merchants. And today is not going to be any different as the on-demand delivery service has struck...
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With 4M deliveries under its belt, Postmates expands to 10 new cities
On-demand delivery/courier service Postmates has just undergone a major expansion. Today it announced that it’s in 10 new cities, bringing the total number of markets to 40. Cities that are now online...
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Postmates takes on UberEats with launch of 15-minute food delivery service
Postmates is looking to take on UberEats and other on-demand food delivery services with an express offering of its own. The company today unveiled Postmates Pop, which will deliver pre-prepared (but...
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Etsy kicks off on-demand delivery service in NYC
Etsy is entering the on-demand economy with the launch of a new fast delivery pilot called Etsy ASAP. The service starts today in New York and will allow select sellers to offer same day or next day...
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Postmates’ difficult fundraise not a bad sign for on-demand delivery
GUEST: On-demand delivery service Postmates announced just days ago that it had closed a flat round of follow-on funding after a difficult fundraise. The announcement raised questions about the health...
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Postmates hires former Circa CEO Matt Galligan as vice president of product...
Postmates will be getting a new executive tasked with boosting the on-demand delivery service’s design savvy, as the company has hired serial entrepreneur Matt Galligan to be its new vice president of...
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Quiqup, the Postmates of London, raises $26 million to grow its on-demand...
Quiqup, a U.K.-based logistics startup that serves businesses and consumers with an on-demand delivery and pickup service for just about any type of goods, has raised £20 million ($26 million) in a...
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Postmates brings its on-demand delivery platform to Mexico City, its first...
On-demand courier network Postmates has launched its platform in Mexico City, representing the company’s first market outside the U.S. Founded out of San Francisco in 2011, Postmates serves as an easy...
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Ford revs up self-driving car and smart city plans
Ford unveiled a suite of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show today that are aimed at furthering the company’s ambitions to power smart cities and find new applications for autonomous...
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Online marketplaces must go beyond sales to experiences
Marketplaces must continue to evolve by providing a more complete experience if they want to remain relevant and competitive with consumers and merchants.Read More
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Ford partners with Postmates and Walmart for autonomous grocery delivery in...
Ford, Walmart, and Postmates are teaming up to deliver groceries with autonomous cars in the Miami area.Read More
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Postmates’ Serve is a robot that delivers your food, refreshments, and more
Postmates has taken the wraps off of Serve, an autonomous delivery rover designed to ferry up to 50 pounds of goods to customers.Read More
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Slack, Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Pinterest top list of companies that could make...
These eight companies could make 2019 a blockbuster year for IPOs: Uber, Lyft, Slack, Pinterest, Instacart, Postmates, Palantir, and Airbnb.Read More
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Glovo raises $168 million to expand its on-demand ‘anything, anywhere’...
Glovo, an on-demand delivery startup headquartered in Barcelona, has raised €150 million ($168 million) in a series D round of funding.Read More
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Square taps Postmates to let merchants offer on-demand deliveries
Square is partnering with courier network Postmates to bring on-demand deliveries to more restaurants and retailers across the U.S.Read More
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Google brings DoorDash and Postmates to Assistant, Maps, and search results
Google is bringing food delivery from Postmates, DoorDash, and others to Google Assistant, Google Maps, and Google search results.Read More
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Square’s POS system now integrates Postmates, DoorDash, and other food...
Square has announced plans to eliminate "tablet farms" in restaurants by integrating directly with food delivery platforms such as Postmates and DoorDash.Read More
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Uber cancels on-demand delivery service pilot, UberEssentials
Uber is stepping back from the on-demand delivery business — at least, for now. Last week, the cash-flush company quietly announced the shuttering of its product delivery pilot, UberEssentials. The...
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Airbnb tops list of 13 potential tech IPOs in 2020
Airbnb will lead a class of IPO hopefuls in 2020. This group must overcome weak performances of unicorns in 2019 and a host of economic red flags.Read More
View ArticleNvidia launches simulation platform for robots
Nvidia's robotics platform serves as the brains behind a wide variety of robots being shown at CES in Las Vegas this week.Read More
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Uber confirms $2.7 billion Postmates acquisition
Uber has confirmed it's buying on-demand delivery rival Postmates, consolidating its position in the fiercely competitive U.S. food delivery market.Read More
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Uber integrates with Cornershop to expand grocery deliveries across the Americas
Uber is doubling down on its "deliver anything" ethos today with the news that it's vastly expanding its grocery business.Read More
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Smooth teleoperator: The rise of the remote controller
Autonomous vehicles, such as cars, forklifts, and delivery robots, may never be able to operate 100% independently. That is where teleoperation could help.Read More
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Postmates spin-off Serve Robotics raises $13M to grow its sidewalk delivery...
Serve Robotics, a spin-off of Postmates, which Uber acquired, has raised seed funding to expand its fleet of sidewalk delivery robots.Read More
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Open-source code is everywhere; GitHub expands security tools to help secure it
GitHub's secret scanning alerts are available on all public repositories, and its push protection is now offered for custom secret patterns.Read More
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