Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime

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View this email online in your browser  November 05, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime: Amazon has made Uber Eats its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States. Read More Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery: Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart. Read More RadianX promises solar-powered devices that never need charging: Today’s portable devices are too hungry to run on traditional solar panels, but RadianX says its perovskite cells promise to make charging obsolete in some cases. Read More A message from NVIDIA and Microsoft Explore NVIDIA events at Microsoft Ignite. Take advantage of all NVIDIA has to offer at Microsoft Ignite, in San Francisco and online November 17–20. With booth sessions and hands-on demos, exclusive networking and meeting opportunities, and a host of practical labs and panels, NVIDIA is your comprehensive destination for learning, connecting, and accelerating the AI experience. Register now Morning Must-Reads Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage: The company is said to be significantly dropping the amount it's spending on AI for its engineering teams. Read More A YC startup is putting $1M behind five unsolved materials science problems for AI: Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five open materials science problems. Read More Aina's smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents: Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac. Read More Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure: The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents. Read More Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut: The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year. Read More Last but Not Least Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system: The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion

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View this email online in your browser  November 04, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion: Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year expansion while announcing roughly $10 billion in new funds. Read More Waymo confirms it's shaking up its Uber relationship in January 2028: The change will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network. Read More DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google's AI policy: DuckDuckGo is courting schools frustrated by Google's AI restrictions, pointing educators to its search engine and options to disable AI features. Read More A message from Baker Tilly Value in AI-driven markets, grounded in what sets you apart. Understand where your competitive edge creates value and how to strengthen it as investors become more selective and AI reshapes the investment landscape. Explore lifecycle strategies Afternoon Must-Reads OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election: OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests. Read More AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here's how they fared: AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle. Read More Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers: The milestone comes a year after Snapchat announced a controversial limit on free storage for its Memories feature and informed users it would start requiring users to pay $1.99 per month for additional storage or subscribe to Snapchat+ to retain their Memories. Read More Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor: The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously. Read More Canva lays off over 1,200 people amid slowing growth: Canva is cutting 22% of its staff as it faces its 'hardest year' yet. Read More Last but Not Least Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says: During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only four people booked a ride using an AI agent. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107