Delivery startup Postmates has been ordered to retroactively pay more than two years of workers’ compensation premiums for more than 3,000 of its couriers in Washington state, but the company is ...

It can carry 50 pounds of cargo, and travel 30 miles on a single charge It can carry 50 pounds of cargo, and travel 30 miles on a single charge is a reporter with five years of experience covering ...

Imitation may be a form of flattery, but in the world of tech startups, it can also be deadly. Solve a common problem and copycats are sure to emerge, often undercutting you with lower prices even at ...

Postmates, a startup that allows users to order nearly anything in their city and have it delivered in an hour for a fee, is growing quickly. The company’s CEO, Bastian Lehmann, tweeted out a graph ...

Postmates, the delivery app, is often seen as emblematic of the struggling on-demand businesses. Countless venture capitalists have told TechCrunch that the company, despite its popularity with ...

As if we needed another reason, Postmates is encouraging all-day lounging on April 20, commonly known as a holiday for celebrating cannabis culture. In honor of the day, the popular delivery service ...

Postmates is unique among delivery services in that in the 70+ U.S. cities where it operates, it will actually shuttle nearly anything (not just food) from a store or restaurant to a customer’s door.

Hanging on the wall of Postmates' stealth R&D laboratory, there's a framed photo of an iconic scene from Star Wars, Luke Skywalker bent down beside R2D2. Except someone has used Photoshop to replace ...

Uber, which is deep into its yearslong effort of becoming a profitable company, has bought rival Postmates for $2.65 billion. The move to purchase Postmates, announced Monday, will help Uber's food ...

Uber has completed its $2.65 billion purchase of food-and-grocery delivery service Postmates, the company has announced. The deal sees the two companies creating the second largest delivery platform ...

Drivers say the company isn’t doing enough to thwart scams Drivers say the company isn’t doing enough to thwart scams is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His ...