Uber Eats vs Wolt

The reimagined Uber Eats Pro program: Coming soon to select cities in California

Uber announced the reimagined Uber Eats Pro program, coming soon to select cities in California.

Uber Reveals AI Developer Tools and Infrastructure

In a podcast episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, Uber Distinguished Engineer Uday Kiran Medisetty details Uber's internal developer tooling and AI infrastructure. Uber has built extensive in-house systems like DevPods, M3DB, Cadence, and Morpheus due to the lack of off-the-shelf solutions at their scale. The company has invested in a Model Gateway for AI model abstraction, AIFX for harness switching, and implements a hybrid AI spend model with cost tracking via CostCheck. They have also adapted code review processes with AI-assisted tools and risk scoring. Uber tags PRs by type (feature, bugfix, maintenance, testing, docs) to better measure productivity, as traditional PR velocity is less relevant with AI agents. The episode highlights a 'code red' for CI due to doubled jobs, leading to shifts of simple tasks to the 'inner loop'. Uber's AI tooling builds on a decade of dev tooling investments, enabling quick AI agent integration.

• Uber's service count stayed stable from 2019 to 2026 despite 10x business growth.
• Uber built M3DB, an open-sourced metrics database now commercialized by Chronosphere.
• Uber developed Cadence, a workflow engine later open-sourced and used by Temporal.

The 2026 Teen Trends Index by Uber

Uber has published a new report titled 'The 2026 Teen Trends Index by Uber' on October 13, 2026, covering trends in rides and Uber Eats.

Teads Integrates with Koddi Commerce Media Infrastructure

Teads and Koddi have announced a new integration connecting Teads' Ad Manager with Koddi's commerce media infrastructure. This partnership enables advertisers to purchase onsite retail inventory from Koddi networks in the US and Europe, including Sponsored Product Ads and display placements on merchant and commerce platforms. The integration uses the OpenRTB standard to facilitate automated exchange between demand and sell sides, eliminating the need for proprietary integrations between Teads and individual retailers. Networks such as Wolt Ads, Gopuff UK, and Hopper are among those connected. Retailers retain control over inventory, pricing, and quality standards through Koddi's SSP. This move expands Teads' programmatic retail media offerings, allowing advertisers to plan and activate retail media alongside other channels within the Teads Ad Manager.

• Teads integrates its Ad Manager with Koddi's commerce media infrastructure.
• Advertisers can purchase onsite retail inventory from Koddi networks in the US and Europe.
• The integration uses the OpenRTB standard.

Uber Eats, Wolt, Flink, Lieferando dominate German quick commerce

A YouGov study reveals that 37% of German consumers use quick commerce services for groceries and daily goods, with usage highest among younger demographics. Flink's brand awareness has doubled since 2021 to 36.5%, surpassing Wolt (33.7%) but trailing Uber Eats (50.4%). In terms of purchase consideration, Lieferando leads at around 20%, followed by Uber Eats (6.9%) and Flink (6.5%), while Wolt trails at 3%. The study highlights the growing importance of quick commerce as a regular part of digital shopping in Germany.

• 37% of German consumers use quick commerce services at least occasionally.
• Flink's brand awareness doubled from 18.1% in 2021 to 36.5% in 2026.
• Uber Eats has highest awareness at 50.4%, followed by Flink (36.5%) and Wolt (33.7%).

Wolt partners with the European Transport Safety Council to help make city streets safer for couriers, cyclists and pedestrians

The one-year partnership will see Wolt and ETSC work together on how urban road infrastructure affects the safety of people walking, cycling and motorcycling.