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Microsoft Backs Uber Founder Kalanick’s Latest Venture CloudKitchens 
Investments // September 07, 2022

Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick once again has the financial backing of tech giant Microsoft, this time, for his new venture CloudKitchens. Microsoft is the first U.S.-based investor that backed Uber and also invested in Klanick’s dark kitchen startup, Financial Times reported on Wednesday...

Uber’s Kalanick Pours $130M Into Ghost Kitchen Properties
Delivery // October 21, 2020

In making his new ghost kitchens startup CloudKitchens, ex-Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick has become something of a real estate mogul, buying up 40 properties in two dozen cities, according to The Wall Street Journal. The properties, including closed restaurants, body shops and warehouses and are...

Uber Eats Gets Out Of The Ghost Kitchen
Delivery // June 10, 2020

Less than two years after Uber Eats leased kitchens in Paris to restaurateurs so they can prepare food for its online ordering and delivery platform, the San Francisco-based company has called it quits. The Financial Times reported Uber’s “Eats Delivery Hub” has quietly abandoned the...

Travis Kalanick Disavows ‘Internet Food Court’ Using His Name
Security & Fraud // April 08, 2020

An “internet food court” website seemingly associated with Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick‘s ghost kitchens business appears to have vanished, with representatives saying someone else had gone forward with the idea without authorization, according to the Financial Times. The website appeared along with a press release...

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Microsoft Backs Uber Founder Kalanick’s Latest Venture CloudKitchens 

September 07, 2022
Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick once again has the financial backing of tech giant Microsoft, this time, for his new venture CloudKitchens. Microsoft is the first U.S.-based investor that backed Uber and also invested in Klanick’s dark kitchen startup, Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Sept. 7) citing unnamed sources with insider information.  CloudKitchens closed […]

Uber’s Kalanick Pours $130M Into Ghost Kitchen Properties

October 21, 2020
In making his new ghost kitchens startup CloudKitchens, ex-Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick has become something of a real estate mogul, buying up 40 properties in two dozen cities, according to...

Uber Eats Gets Out Of The Ghost Kitchen

June 10, 2020
Less than two years after Uber Eats leased kitchens in Paris to restaurateurs so they can prepare food for its online ordering and delivery platform, the San Francisco-based company has...

Travis Kalanick Disavows ‘Internet Food Court’ Using His Name

April 08, 2020
An “internet food court” website seemingly associated with Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick‘s ghost kitchens business appears to have vanished, with representatives saying someone else had gone forward with the idea...