Uber rival inDrive scales beyond ride-hailing to capture more consumer spending
TechCrunch reports on inDrive's push beyond ride-hailing, including Ride Media advertising, delivery services, and inDrive.Money driver loans. The company says its ad business serves 2 billion impressions monthly and driver loan volume jumped 118% year over year in Latin America.
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Shipt becomes the latest delivery app with an AI shopping assistant
TechCrunch reports that Shipt, the same-day delivery platform owned by Target, has introduced a new AI-powered tool called 'Ask Shipt'. The assistant can generate custom shopping carts based on text prompts or uploaded photos of dishes. It also allows budget-based requests. The launch follows similar AI assistants from Instacart, Uber Eats, and DoorDash.
Uber invests $10M in Indian fleet operator Carrum at $168M valuation
Uber has invested $10 million in Carrum Mobility, an Indian fleet management startup that supplies vehicles and drivers for Uber Go, Premier, and Black tiers. The round values Carrum at about $168 million post-money, up from $63 million after Uber's earlier $7 million investment. Carrum owns about 5,100 vehicles across six Indian cities and is generating annualized revenue of about $45 million.
Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine
Instacart introduces Clementine, an AI-powered assistant that helps users plan meals, generate shopping lists, and build carts from natural-language requests, recipes, or photos of handwritten lists. It tailors recommendations to dietary preferences and surfaces deals, aiming to keep users within the app for grocery planning.