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Delivery is a business that provides delivery services to customers. This can include food delivery, grocery delivery, or package delivery. Delivery businesses are often part of the logistics industry.
Generative AI is a subset of Artificial Intelligence that can create novel content based on existing data. It has been making waves in various fields, such as language processing, image and video generation, and content creation. But how can Generative AI be applied to food delivery? And what are the […]
Deliveroo is one of the world’s most successful and innovative food delivery platforms. Founded in 2013 by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski, the company has grown from a small startup in London to a global leader in online food ordering and delivery, operating in 10 countries and serving over 7 […]
Delivers.ai, a London-based autonomous delivery service, targets last-mile self-driving deliveries for emission-free restaurant food, grocery, and parcel delivery to doorsteps. The company’s robots work on camera-based technologies and low-cost sensors, traveling at pedestrian speeds of up to 6 km/h and giving way to other pavement or cycleway users for safety. […]
MDI Ventures leads Series A round in growing online food delivery market Indonesian cloud kitchen startup Legit Group has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round led by MDI Ventures and participated in by Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), East Ventures, and Winter Capital. Legit Group raised $3 […]
The latest fines were for having 7,022 workers not registered with Social Security and also using 813 irregular workers – foreigners without work permits. Glovo, a home food delivery company, has been fined 38.1 million euros by the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate in Spain for misusing delivery riders registered […]
Virtual restaurants are all the rage right now – if you can’t visit one. Ghost kitchens, or cloud kitchens, are a new trend in the food industry. They are food preparation spaces catering to delivery customers without a physical storefront or seating. Ghost kitchens have become increasingly popular during the […]
DoorDash wants to take away one of your most-hated errands. DoorDash, the popular food delivery app, is testing a new service called Package Returns that allows users to request a dasher to pick up and return packages for them. The service is free for a limited time for DashPass members […]
According to TechCrunch, instant grocery delivery company JOKR has raised approximately $50 million in a Series C investment on a $1.3 billion post-money valuation. The funding, which G Squared led with participation from GGV Capital, Tiger Global Management, and HV Capital, was buoyed by existing investors. JOKR has raised $480 […]
Patty’s Cakes and Desserts, a retail storefront bakery in Fullerton, California, faced a significant challenge when delivery demand quadrupled during the pandemic. The company previously used a third-party delivery service, but when the pandemic hit and the service shut down, Patty’s Cakes and Desserts was left without a delivery option. […]
Uber Eats is conducting two pilot projects simultaneously in Los Angeles, using self-driving delivery robots from Serve Robotics and Motional. The aim is to test what customers and merchants want and to learn what makes sense for scaling up the technology. Customers within the test zones can choose whether they […]