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8 stories in the last two weeks

Haley Zimmerman / Financial Times ·

Big US pizza delivery chains are struggling as apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats give independent pizzerias and other restaurants greater market access

Large corporate chains lose their edge as services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats level the playing field

Bloomberg ·

Uber agrees to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal that values the German food delivery company at ~$14.8B, offering €41.50 per share and buying out Prosus' stake

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy Delivery Hero SE in a deal that values the German food-delivery company at $14.8 billion …

Liam Denning / Bloomberg ·

Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis

The latest leading indicator of the robotaxi revolution is a tiff. Waymo LLC, a unit of Alphabet Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc. are nominally partners.

Bloomberg ·

Uber is in advanced talks to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal valuing the German food-delivery company well above its recent market value of €11.2B

Uber Technologies Inc. is in advanced talks to buy German food-delivery company Delivery Hero SE, a deal that will allow …

Aarian Marshall / Wired ·

Docs: Uber lobbied for a "phased transition" to AVs, giving it an edge over self-driving developers; Uber says AV industry proposals overlook drivers' rights

In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars.

Emily Shugerman / The San Francisco ... ·

A profile of Rachel Whetstone, who has led comms for Google, Meta, Uber, Netflix, and now Sierra, as her husband Steve Hilton runs for California governor

Steve Hilton, the conservative British political operator running for governor of California, launched his longshot campaign in April 2025 …

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg ·

Uber expands the list of criminal convictions that disqualify US drivers and expands the background-check timeline, possibly removing ~0.5% of active US drivers

Uber Technologies Inc. is tightening driver background checks in the US and applying the new standards retroactively to existing workers …

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch ·

OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US

OpenAI is making yet another big, visible bet on India. It has appointed former Uber India and South Asia president Prabhjeet Singh …

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