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Amazon-Stripe partnership

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258 points polyrand | 1 comments | 23 Jan 23 15:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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l8again ◴[23 Jan 23 15:59 UTC] No.34490403[source]▶
Amazon has its own Uber, own fulfillment service down to monitoring tools that are built in house. So, not sure if it's a change in their "buy vs build" strategy or there's a more business play here to gain traction in the global markets?
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elforce002 ◴[23 Jan 23 16:26 UTC] No.34490897[source]▶
Uber? Which division is that? Are you referring to Amazon fresh?
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__derek__ ◴[23 Jan 23 16:31 UTC] No.34490963[source]▶
Amazon Flex. It's more like Uber Eats or DoorDash.
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devmor ◴[23 Jan 23 18:11 UTC] No.34492611[source]▶
It's unrelated to either other than sharing the gig economy model. It's just another part of their Fulfillment Operations that relies on individuals with their own vehicles instead of a fleet.
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1. __derek__ ◴[23 Jan 23 18:47 UTC] No.34493140[source]▶
I think that was clear from the context of the thread, where OP alluded to an in-house Uber, and I noted that the model was more similar to the local delivery services than to Uber per se.

Anyway: Amazon Flex drivers actually did handle delivery for Amazon Restaurants, which was a direct competitor to Uber Eats, DoorDash, GrubHub, Caviar, etc.