Uber Technologies, Inc. reports developments across its on-demand platform for mobility, delivery, and freight, including results tied to trips, gross bookings, revenue, and segment operating performance. Company updates frequently cover the Mobility, Delivery, and Freight segments; Uber Eats marketplace expansion; and product features that connect rides, food, retail items, travel tools, and payments in the Uber app.
News also includes partnerships with retailers, restaurants, payment platforms, fleet operators, and autonomous delivery or robotaxi providers, as well as governance changes and legal proceedings involving rideshare safety claims. These items reflect Uber's platform strategy for moving people, food, and things through cities.
Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) is adding Sur la table to its Uber Eats marketplace for kitchenware delivery across the United States. The partnership will roll out to all Sur la table locations nationwide, starting today. Customers can order cookware, bakeware, appliances and hosting essentials for on-demand or scheduled delivery, with delivery available in as little as 25 minutes.
Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) agreed to acquire workplace catering platform ezCater in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.3 billion. The acquisition will combine ezCater’s catering and business-to-business capabilities with Uber Eats and Uber for Business, bringing catering to Uber Eats for workplace meals, events and social gatherings.
ezCater generated over $2.5 billion in Gross Bookings, the value of orders booked, over the trailing twelve months, growing high teens year-over-year. Its average order values are over $400, and the business is profitable on a non-GAAP operating income basis, an adjusted measure. Uber expects the acquisition to improve margins. Closing is expected in the coming months, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) will hold its third-quarter 2026 results conference call on November 4, 2026. The call starts at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time (8:00 a.m. Eastern Time). A live webcast and earnings release materials will be available at investor.uber.com, with a call replay accessible for at least 90 days.
Similarweb (SMWB) appointed Michael Akkerman chief executive officer effective November 2, 2026, succeeding founder Or Offer. Offer’s decision to step down after close to two decades as CEO was previously announced in May 2026. He will remain involved during a transition period to support Akkerman and the board.
Akkerman currently serves as chief business officer of Digital Turbine (APPS), overseeing sales, partnerships, marketing, product and business operations. He previously led go-to-market functions at data.ai and held product and strategy leadership at Cardlytics (CDLX). He also held senior commercial roles at Uber (UBER) and Pinterest (PINS). Akkerman will lead Similarweb from its New York office. Similarweb said the appointment does not change its strategy, operations or financial outlook.
Uber Technologies (UBER) and Costco announced a nationwide expansion of their U.S. delivery partnership, making Costco ordering via Uber Eats available in 47 states, up from 17. Nearly 600 Costco warehouses can now be accessed through the Uber Eats app for on-demand or scheduled delivery to Costco members.
The expansion allows members to order fresh produce, bulk groceries, household essentials and other Costco-only items with delivery tracking in real time. As part of the deal, eligible Costco members can receive 50% off an annual Uber One membership in the first year and 20% off in subsequent years, buy $100 Uber/Uber Eats gift cards for $79.99 for a limited time, and purchase Costco memberships through Uber Eats with 30% off their first eligible Costco order.
WeRide (WRD), Uber (UBER) and AVOMO have received Spain’s first national operating permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles from the DGT.
The permit, granted within the ES-AV framework, authorizes testing of WeRide’s GXR autonomous vehicles on public roads and initiates mapping and route validation in the Madrid region. An initial fleet of twenty vehicles equipped with WeRide’s latest autonomous driving technology will operate in high-demand areas of Greater Madrid under supervision of an in-car vehicle specialist. This is the first national approval for WeRide’s GXR in the EU and marks the first planned autonomous vehicle deployment by WeRide and Uber in Europe, with commercial operations in Spain expected by the end of 2026.
Uber Technologies (UBER) and Wakefern Food Corp. have added more than 375 Wakefern-banner supermarkets across the U.S. Northeast to the Uber Eats platform, enabling on-demand and scheduled delivery of fresh groceries and household essentials.
Participating banners include ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Fairway Market, Gourmet Garage, Morton Williams, Dearborn Market, Di Bruno Bros., and others. Uber Eats is promoting the launch with discounts of up to 30% off first orders from eligible Wakefern banners and $0 Delivery Fee for Uber One members on eligible orders, subject to specific terms.
Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), via its indirect subsidiary Uber International Technologies II Corporation, has published the BaFin-approved Offer Document for a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding Delivery Hero shares not already held by Uber. The cash Offer Price is EUR 41.50 per share, representing a premium of approximately 108% to the unaffected May 8, 2026 closing price and about 127% to the three‑month volume‑weighted average Xetra price up to that date. The acceptance period runs from August 27, 2026 to November 5, 2026.
According to Uber, prior to the Offer it held roughly 24.77% of Delivery Hero’s voting share capital and further economic exposure of about 11.74% via equity derivatives. An irrevocable undertaking with Prosus to tender 51,116,174 shares (around 16.68%) brings Uber’s total economic interest to about 53%. The Offer is subject to a minimum acceptance threshold of 50% plus one share (excluding treasury shares) and to merger control and other regulatory clearances. Settlement, including cash payment, is expected in the second half of 2027. Uber has committed not to enter into a Domination and Profit Transfer Agreement for three years. Pro forma, the combination is expected to extend Uber’s multi‑product platform to 99 markets with 2025 gross bookings of USD 236 billion, nearly doubling markets where both mobility and delivery are offered from 34 to 58.
Zoomcar (OTCQB: ZCAR) and Uber (NYSE: UBER) announced a partnership that integrates Uber Intercity into the Zoomcar app, letting users compare and book self-drive or chauffeur-driven intercity options in one place. The collaboration currently covers select one-way and round-trip routes in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai, with planned expansion to more cities.
According to the companies, the integration targets Indian travelers who prefer flexible, on-demand mobility and reflects a broader shift toward access over vehicle ownership.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) launched fully driverless Apollo Go robotaxis on the Uber (NYSE:UBER) platform in Dubai, with New Horizon Luxury Transport as fleet operator. Riders in selected areas of Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah can now request autonomous vehicles via Uber Comfort, UberX or an “Autonomous” option.
According to Baidu, Dubai is Apollo Go’s first market with both a self-operated app and a third-party platform model, and the first deployment under a multi-year partnership aiming to bring thousands of Apollo Go vehicles to Uber across global markets.