Food
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China’s grocery delivery battle heats up with Meituan’s entry
Fast, affordable food delivery service has been life-changing for many working Chinese, but some still prefer to whip up their…
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Toast, the restaurant management platform, has raised $250M at a $2.7B valuation
Restaurant sales hit $825 billion last year in the U.S., but with margins averaging at only three to five percent…
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Ex-Googler Alon Chen’s Tastewise uses AI to identify and predict food trends
How can the average restaurant owner hope to make sense of the capricious culinary industry when restauranteurs, culinary directors, and…
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Starship deploys autonomous delivery bots on a college campus
Starship, an autonomous delivery robot startup, is deploying its first batch of robots as part of a commercial service. Starting…
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After raising $125M, Munchery fails to deliver
On-demand food delivery startup Munchery is ceasing operations effective immediately, the startup announced in an e-mail to customers on Monday.…
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WeWork gets into the food business, backing the superfood startup of big wave surfer Laird Hamilton
WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has been described as an avid surfer, one who has been known to grab his board…
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The limits of coworking
It feels like there’s a WeWork on every street nowadays. Take a walk through midtown Manhattan (please don’t actually) and…
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Sweetgreen is opening up order-ahead locations inside WeWork
Salad startup Sweetgreen is expanding on a pilot program with WeWork that provides free delivery to WeWork members. Though, it’s…
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Meituan, China’s ‘everything app’, walks away from bike sharing and ride hailing
A major player in the race to transport Chinese people around is losing steam. Meituan Dianping, the Tencent-backed all-encompassing platform…
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One billion 3D views and counting
Last week Sketchfab, the 3D content hub, shared an exciting milestone — the company has just crossed 1 billion cumulative…
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