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Uber: A Global Transportation and Logistics Giant Uber Technologies, Inc, headquartered in San Francisco, is a multinational transportation network company operating across approximately 70 countries and 15,000 cities. Its core business model revolves around ride-hailing, but its services have expan...

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Company type Public
Industry Transportation, Mobility as a service
Founded March 2009
Founders Garrett Camp, Travis Kalanick
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served 70 countries and 10,500 cities worldwide
Key people Ronald Sugar (chairman), Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO)
Services Taxi, Food delivery, Package delivery, Freight transport
Revenue US$43.98 billion (2024)
Net income US$9.856 billion (2024)
Number of employees 31,100 (2024)
Subsidiaries Careem (2020-2023), Cornershop, Drizly (2021-2024), Postmates, Uber Carshare (2022-2024), Uber Eats
Website www.uber.com

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Uber: From Luxury Rides to Global Mobility Uber's journey began in 2009 with a simple idea: easier, cheaper transportation. Co-founders Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick, spurred by a costly New Year's Eve experience, developed a mobile app initially offering only black car services in San Francisco....

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Indian Uber driver in canada turns his cab into Mini Coachella on Wheels

'Mini Coachella on Wheels’: Indian Uber driver in Canada turns rides into disco parties; netizens ready to pay him extra

September 02, 2025 4:06 pm

Anirudh Nayak, a Gujarat-born engineer in Canada, doubles as a weekend Uber driver, transforming ordinary trips into “Mini Coachella on Wheels” with lights, music, and party vibes.

Uber CEO says Rapido is bigger threat than Ola in India’s ride-hailing market

August 25, 2025 7:46 am

Rapido recently started testing a beta version of a food delivery app called Ownly in Bengaluru.

Uber driver speeds off to evade Noida police

Noida family’s Uber ride turns a nightmare as driver speeds off to evade police, company responds after video goes viral: 'Such behaviour...'

August 19, 2025 4:56 pm

The incident took place while the man was travelling with his wife and daughter from Greater Noida West to Connaught Place. The Noida police later arrested the Uber driver and seized his vehicle.

FIR against Uber management for ‘illegally operating’ in Goa

August 08, 2025 9:34 pm

In a statement, Goa Police said the accused driver, “in connivance with Uber management in Goa, was found operating and picking up passengers via the Uber mobile app without the necessary state transport permit or licence”.

Uber in talks with banks, private equity firms to fund robotaxi expansion

August 08, 2025 8:43 am

Uber, which offers robotaxis from Alphabet-owned Waymo, has been strengthening its foothold in the self-driving taxi industry.

Maharashtra govt to launch ride-hailing app to compete with Ola, Uber

July 29, 2025 4:03 pm

The proposal has received an in-principle nod from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar.

Cab drivers’ unions call statewide Uber boycott after firm seeks court protection

July 25, 2025 7:07 pm

Uber appealed in the Bombay High Court, seeking protection from what it called "disruptive protests" by driver unions.

Ola and Uber drivers also organised a strike in Pune in recent days, impacting passengers at the Pune Railway station.

Why are Uber, Ola drivers on strike in Mumbai?

July 18, 2025 6:37 pm

As passengers face delays, cancellations, and price surges, the strike has brought renewed attention to the regulatory vacuum in which these app-based travel services function.

Uber to invest $300 million in EV maker Lucid as part of robotaxi deal

July 17, 2025 6:12 pm

Uber to deploy 20,000 Lucid SUVs with Nuro's AV tech

‘God bless that Uber guy’: Delhi woman shares cab driver’s late-night kindness, restores Reddit’s faith in humanity

July 16, 2025 5:44 pm

The woman booked an Uber home around 10.30 pm, only to realise mid-ride she’d entered the wrong address. The driver then unexpectedly declined her request.

India will be back on negotiating table in 1-2 months seeking a deal, 'saying sorry', says US Commerce Secretary Lutnick

India will be back seeking a deal, ‘saying sorry’, says US Commerce Secretary Lutnick

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicts that India will apologise and return to the negotiating table within the next month or two to sign a trade deal with the US. He urges India to choose between supporting the US or aligning with Russia and China. Lutnick also criticised India's retaliatory tariffs and calls Prime Minister Modi's meeting with Chinese and Russian leaders "bravado."

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Cab drivers protest after ban on Uber taxi services

June 04, 2015 10:52 pm

The Delhi government had rejected the applications for granting licences to app-based cab services Uber, Ola Cabs and TaxiforSure to operate in the national capital.