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Uber

🌎 uber.com

Uber is a global platform providing ride-hailing, courier services, food delivery, and freight transport. They focus on empowering people to go anywhere, get anything, and earn their way with a relentless pursuit of reimagining movement.

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Updates as of Sep 13, 2024

• Uber launched Uber Bubbles in France.
• On September 15, Uber Eats Mexico partners with La Casa de Toño to deliver traditional pozole and other items for Independence Day celebrations.
• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced at Deliver2024 that Uber is building an end-to-end logistics system for people, things, and shippers on both national and local levels.
• Uber has launched free seaplane flights over Loch Lomond in Scotland for three days this month.
• Uber is facing a personal injury product liability lawsuit filed by Kaylynne Misek in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on September 11, 2024.

• Uber relaunched its premium service Uber Black in Mumbai to meet the rising demand for premium services among Indian customers, according to Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India and South Asia.
• On September 10, 2024, Uber completed a $4 billion investment-grade bond offering.
• Uber is currently hiring for the position of Partner Manager, Postmates Exclusives in the United States.
• Dai Imao has left Uber as the Head of Sales, Grocery and Retail in Japan to join ELSA, Corp as the Managing Director, Elsa Japan.
• Jordan Phillips has joined Uber as Lead Talent Partner in the Netherlands, previously holding a position at another company.
• Luiz Apostólico has joined Uber as Regional Director, Latam - Central Operations in Brazil, previously serving as Associate Partner at Bain & Company.
• Angeline Woods has joined Uber as Senior Director - Global Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence and EU Affairs in the Netherlands, previously holding a similar position at another company.
• Uber is currently hiring a Global Reliability Program Manager - Uber Shuttle in the Netherlands.
• Annie Kwon, Product at Uber, announced that Uber's market cap grew 2.4x since she joined two years ago.
• Uber has been recognized as a TIME World’s Best Company for 2024.
• Uber is partnering with Ampere Computing and Oracle to co-design custom chips for its cloud infrastructure, reducing power consumption by 30%.
• Tesla and Uber have launched an in-car integration that allows Uber drivers to send trip navigation directly to their Tesla vehicles.
• Uber will shut down its Uber Carshare platform on September 12, causing a 1323% surge in bookings for rival service Drive Mate.
• Uber relies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support over one million trips per hour and 14 million predictions per second, having migrated thousands of microservices and AI models to OCI since 2023.
• Uber announced the winners of its Reimagine Award: Diana, Gabriela, Lando, and Syed.
• Uber Freight integrated with Uber Direct to offer faster delivery options, including same-day and scheduled deliveries.
• Uber Shuttle is launching in Miami for post-event transportation from Hard Rock Stadium with fixed fares and dedicated routes.

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