Walmart begins offering grocery delivery to three boroughs

Third time’s a charm? That’s what Walmart is hoping as it tries another delivery service in New York City, though its latest one is not citywide. Walmart’s groceries became available to parts of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx on Tuesday night, with Instacart providing the deliveries, according to the Wall Street Journal. Instacart gig shoppers will be tasked with picking up the Walmart groceries and driving them to homes in the three boroughs. Almost 90

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Instacart to build fulfillment centers near supermarkets

Instacart is the latest company seeking to cash in on the industrial real estate boom, making plans to build its own fulfillment centers for supermarkets. The grocery delivery company will begin developing an undetermined number of fulfillment centers over the next year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The centers would be able to hold between 10,000 and 50,000 items. Instacart plans to use robots to retrieve items in the fulfillment centers and employees to

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Khosla Ventures seeks $1.1 billion for its latest fund

Khosla Ventures, the eponymous venture firm helmed by longtime Silicon Valley rainmaker, Vinod Khosla, is raising  $1.1 billion for its latest venture fund, according to documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing was first spotted by Ari Levy over at CNBC. Khosla Ventures files to raise $1.1 billion fund. Some beach reading: https://t.co/eKXq92kDMP […]

Daily Crunch: Waymo opens up driverless ride-hailing

Alphabet’s self-driving technology company hits a major milestone, Apple TV+ extends its free subscription period and Affirm files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch for October 8, 2020. The big story: Waymo opens up driverless ride-hailing Waymo hit a major milestone today: It’s offering fully driverless rides to (some) members of the public. […]