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Gig workers in California to receive millions for unpaid vehicle expenses
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other app-based ride-hail and delivery companies will have to reimburse California gig workers potentially millions of dollars for unpaid vehicle expenses between 2022 and 202
Instacart launches new in-app AI search tool powered by ChatGPT
Instacart is launching a new AI search tool powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company announced on Wednesday. The new “Ask Instacart” search tool is designed to help customers save ti
Instacart’s new feature lets you ‘favorite’ shoppers to have future orders fulfilled by them
Instacart announced today that it’s introducing a new feature that lets you “favorite” repeat shoppers you trust to have your future orders fulfilled by them. The company is testing
Instacart rolls out new ways for users to find deals on its app
Instacart is introducing a few new ways for users to find deals on its app, the company has announced. The app will now surface a new “Your Items on Sale” section on a store’s page t
Uber is coming for Instacart
Uber has rolled out updates to its Shop and Pay feature that address three of the most commonly raised courier issues: out of stock items, digital payments and order clarity before accepting a trip. T
Instacart’s Q4 results impressed. Are they good enough to push it toward an IPO?
Let's peek at the latest data and take stock of how far — and perhaps how close — Instacart has come to matching its performance and price.
Scooters and social media companies are surprising IPO candidates
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebecca Sz
Instacart’s new features give shoppers more ways to earn on their own schedules
Instacart is introducing two new features that are designed to give shoppers on its platform more opportunities to earn. The company is launching “queued batches,” which gives shoppers the
Is Instacart a forerunner of bad news?
Instacart's first major valuation haircut was a sign of bad things to come for other tech companies on the delivery, IPO or valuation fronts. It now seems that we might not have hit rock bottom yet.
Startup valuations are declining — but not consistently
Some startups saw their valuations decline in 2021's bull market, some were in line with the public market, and some haven't declined at all.
What does Instacart’s supposedly delayed IPO teach us about how unicorns think?
Instacart delaying its IPO has left us bereft of new unicorn liquidity data for the rest of 2022. But this turn of events does teach us a few things.
The upcoming TripActions IPO has us hype
The IPO market is still frozen like a Nordic lake dotted with fishing huts, but Instacart and TripActions offer signs that a thaw is now in sight.
Instacart plans to expand its EBT SNAP program and enable TANF payments
Instacart announced today that it will expand its EBT SNAP payments program to all Instacart retail grocery partners by 2030. The company launched EBT SNAP payments in November 2020 and has since expa
When VCs fund the thing you didn’t think they’d ever fund
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Daily Crunch: Rockstar’s whoopsie means you can get an early look at GTA 6
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Keeping financial tabs on Instacart as it preps its IPO
Instacart's willingness to go public this year is now slightly better understood after The Wall Street Journal reported that it isn't planning on a mega-fundraise when it does list.
Instacart launches Connected Stores, a suite of in-store tech for retailers
Instacart announced today that it’s launching Connected Stores, a suite of new and existing technologies that aim to help retailers create a personalized experience both online and in-store. The
Grocery delivery startups with low margins might drop IPO dreams for M&A reality
Getting a bunch of bananas and avocados from your favorite 15-minute grocery delivery company at 3 a.m. might be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but some of these companies are finding themselv
This Week in Apps: Apple’s event brings a ‘Dynamic Island,’ new widgets and iOS 16
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in th
Daily Crunch: Apple launches new iPhone 14, a rugged Apple Watch, and more
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