Formerly known as Ubercab, Uber was launched in 2009 as a transportation and taxi service. The online app has since expanded into a food delivery and ridesharing company, with operations in more ...

It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The company was formerly known as Ubercab Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies Inc. in February 2011.

UberCab CEO Travis Kalanick sets his sights on landing an important partner for his fledgling company: VC powerhouse Bill Gurley. But Gurley’s money might not be enough as UberCab employees take ...

The two founded the company as UberCab in San Francisco in 2009 and began pitching it to investors as a faster, more luxe version of taxis that could be arranged via a mobile phone app. In July ...

In 2023 and 2024, the stock market outperformed analyst expectations, with the S&P 500 index gaining over 20% in both years. However, these gains were largely concentrated in a narrow group of stocks, ...

In 2009, Travis co-founded UberCab, which later went on to become "Uber" as we know it today. As of 2024, Uber: Is in over 70 countries Has completed 9.4 billion trips Has a market cap of $140 billion ...

Flash back to 2011, when Uber was still called UberCab and just serving San Francisco. Kalanick is looking to get a round of VC funding from one of the best-known investors in the business, Bill ...

Back in October 2010, the company formerly known as UberCab ignored cease-and-desist letters from state and city officials under the direction of then-CEO Travis Kalanick, who later said the ...

Near the end of the chapter, Travis Kalanick steps out of the Uber building (at that point in the story known as "UberCab"). As he walks down the street, a bus appears behind him for a few seconds ...

Uber seems poised to pivot away from giving rides to people in a leaked memo from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that appears to admit that driving people around cities in cars is not profitable and has ...