Timeline of Uber

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This is a timeline of Uber, which offers a variety of transportation and logistics services and is an early example of the rise of the sharing economy.

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YearMonth and dateEvent typeDetails
2009MarchCompanyUber founded as UberCab. [1]
2010MayCompanyUber goes live for the first time in San Francisco, launches at SF AppShow, gives attendees first limo rides from app. [2]
DecemberTeam Ryan Graves steps down as CEO in favor of Travis Kalanick. [3]
2011MayNational expansionUber goes live in New York City. [4]
SeptemberNational expansionUber goes live in Chicago. [5]
December 5International expansionUber expands beyond the United States, starting by expanding into Paris, France. [6]
2012March 4International expansionUber launches in Canada starting with Toronto. [7]
July 2International expansionUber launches in London, United Kingdom. [8]
JuneCompetition Lyft, a competitor to Uber, launches in San Francisco. [9]
JulyProductUber announces UberX, a service that uses lower-cost hybrid vehicles. [10]
2013AprilProductUber adds ridesharing, where regular drivers use their personal vehicles as part of UberX. [11]
JuneInternational expansionUber launches in Mexico City, Mexico. [12]
JulyInternational expansionUber expands to Asia, starting in Singapore, Seoul, then Taipei [13]
August 8International expansionUber expands to Africa, launches its first product in Johannesburg, South Africa. [14]
August 29International expansionUber expands to India, launching its first product in Bangalore. [15]
2014April 7ProductUber launches Uber Rush in New York City, a courier service using bicycle messengers to deliver packages. This marks the beginning of Uber's transition into a logistics company. [16]
June 6FundingUber confirms it has raised $1.2 billion in a Series D round, with a pre-money valuation of $17 billion. Key investors include BlackRock, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (with partner Megan Quinn), Menlo Ventures (Shawn Carolan), SherpaVentures (with partners Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford), Summit Partners, and Wellington Management. [17] [18] [19]
July 15International expansionUber officially launches in China, starting with Beijing. [20]
July 24International expansionUber officially launches in Lagos, Nigeria, expanding its presence to Western Africa. [21]
August 6ProductUber announces UberPool, which lets riders share rides based on proximity. [22]
September 8International expansionUber officially launches UberX in Canada, starting with Toronto and Mississauga. [23]
October 22 – November 19ControversyOn October 22, 2014, an article by Sarah Lacy in PandoDaily was published where she sharply criticised the "asshole culture" of Uber and said she intended to delete the app from her phone. [24] On November 17, 2014, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith reported that Uber senior executive Emil Michael "outlined the notion of spending 'a million dollars'" to hire four top opposition researchers and four journalists. He said that team could help Uber fight back against the press by looking into "personal lives, your families". Michael was particularly focused on journalist Sarah Lacy, who accused Uber of “sexism and misogyny". [25] Lacy wrote a sharp response critical of Uber's actions. [26] The controversy was picked up by CNBC , [27] Business Insider , [28] and the New York Times Bits blog. [29] Michael Wolff, the journalist who had arranged for and invited Smith to the private dinner where the controversial remarks were made, wrote a lengthy piece about the controversy, stating that Uber executives had believed that the event was off-the-record, but that he (Wolff) had failed to communicate the information to Smith. [30]
October 29International expansionUber expands its operations in Canada by launching UberX in Montreal. [31]
December 4FundingUber confirms it has raised $1.2 billion at a $40 billion pre-money valuation in a Series E round. Key investors include Qatar Investment Authority, Valiant Capital Partners, Lone Pine Capital, New Enterprise Associates, and SherpaVentures. [32]
December 8ProductUber expands UberFRESH in some parts of the Los Angeles area to include dinner delivery during weekdays. [33] [34] [35]
December 8ControversyAn Uber driver in Delhi allegedly rapes a passenger when driving her home late at night. [36] [37]
2015January 22International expansionUber launches its first product in East Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya. [38]
February 2TeamUber opens robotics research facility In Pittsburgh to build self-driving cars. In May, Uber poaches 50 employees from Carnegie Mellon's National Robotics Engineering Center. [39]
February 14Competition Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, the two biggest players in the low-cost app-based taxi hailing market in China, announce a merger into Didi Kuaidi. The merged company would be significantly larger than Uber in China. [40]
April 28ProductUberFRESH, which launched in the Los Angeles area in August 2014, rebrands itself as UberEATS. The rebranding is linked to an effort to rapidly expand to other areas. The service is already available in New York City and Chicago and plans to expand to many other locations. [41] [42]
June 17Legal California Labor Commission rules that a particular Uber driver is an employee, not independent contractor. [43]
July 15LegalAdministrative judge recommends that Uber be fined $7.3 million and suspended from operating in California. [44]
July 31FundingIt is announced that Uber has completed a Series F round, raising $1 billion at a $50 billion pre-money valuation (so a $51 billion post-money valuation). Key investors are Microsoft and Bennett, Coleman, & Co, Ltd., the parent company of The Times Group, India's largest media conglomerate. [45] [46]
August 19FundingUber raises $100 million in private equity from the Tata Opportunities Fund, a fund of the Tata Group in India, with the goal of using the money to help it double down on its India operations. [47] [48]
September 9CompetitionChinese Uber competitor Didi Kuaidi, the entity formed through the merger of Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, raises $3 billion to move more aggressively in its battle to maintain market dominance against Uber in China. [49]
October 15International expansionUber further expands its operations in Canada by launching UberX in Calgary. [50]
December 3FundingUber announces that it is raising $2.1 billion at a $62.5 billion valuation. [51] [52]
December 3CompetitionUber competitors Lyft (United States), Didi Kuaidi (China), Ola Cabs (India), and GrabTaxi (South-East Asia) (all of which have Softbank as an investor) announce a global technology and service alliance. [53]
December 9ProductUberEATS, Uber's food delivery service, is spun off into a separate standalone app, and now offers all-day delivery in Toronto. The new app is not available for other regions. [54]
2016March 1 and 15ProductOn March 1, the new UberEATS app with all-day delivery launches in Los Angeles, California. [55] [56] On March 15, it launches in Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco, and announces plans to launch in a number of other US cities in the coming months. [57]
March 26CompetitionGrab, Uber's rival in Southeast Asia, acquires Uber’s Southeast Asia operations. As part of the acquisition, Uber will take a 27.5% stake in Grab. [58]
April 12International expansionUber launches in Buenos Aires, Argentina amidst claims of illegality and taxi protests. [59]
May 7–9Local retreatOn May 9, Uber and Lyft cease operations in Austin, Texas. [60] This is in response to a city ordinance upheld by Austin voters on May 7 that would require drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other similar companies to get fingerprint checks, to have their vehicles labeled, and to not pick up and drop off in certain city lanes. [61]
May and JuneProductUber announces that it is changing its app to inform riders of the price of their ride when they book it, rather than simply providing a surge multiplier. The move is prompted by the observation that UberPool users, who do see the ride price upfront, are more likely to continue using the service. Price changes triggered by destination changes will be sent to riders in real time. Changes to routes due to traffic or other reasons not under the rider's control will not result in a change to the price charged upfront. The move is not an end to surge pricing but rather a change in the way the surge pricing is communicated to customers. The change, officially announced in late June, had already been rolled out at the time of announcement in several cities, and had received some commentary in May. [62]
June 9ProductUber opens up the Uber RUSH API to developers. The goal of this API is to make it easy for merchants to integrate the use of Uber drivers into their delivery system. The tool has been used by select small businesses since October 2015, and the opening up to the public is to encourage more widespread adoption. [63] [64]
June 30International expansionUber launches in Kyiv, Ukraine. [65]
July 24Local retreatUber leaves Budapest, Hungary. [66]
July 28LegalThe Chinese government issues guidelines to make ride-hailing services, such as Uber, legal in the country. [67]
August 1competition, mergersDidi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi), the dominant player in China's ridesharing market, agrees to buy Uber China, Uber's business in China. [68] The Uber brand will be retained, but Didi would “integrate the managerial and technological experience and expertise of the two teams.” Uber reportedly lost $2 billion trying to make inroads in China. [69]
August 18 (announcement)Product, automationUber announces plans to launch service with self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where its robotics research facility, built with employees poached from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015, is located. The cars are modified version of the Volvo sports utility vehicle equipped with Uber's technology for self-driving. Cars will have drivers at the wheel, monitoring the vehicle, as required by law. The move is seen by commentators as the first step in Uber's ambitious goal of replacing its entire fleet with autonomous vehicles. [70] [71] [72]
September 16ProductUber begins mapping UK streets in an effort to identify the best pick-up and drop-off points from its own images. [73]
October 28LegalUber loses the case of Aslam v Uber BV [74] on workers' rights. Appeals to the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal.
November 2Product, user experienceUber launches a redesigned rider app, with a simplified user flow that focuses on identifying the destination first, then shows ride options with prices, and then gives driver contact information and allows riders to make adjustments such as split fare and get more information about the destination. [75] The app also connects better with the user's current location, real-world identity, favorite places (such as work and home) and integration with services such as Foursquare and Yelp for destination-specific information, in what is seen as an attempt to pull users into spending more time in the app. [76] [77]
2017MarchProductUber begins beta testing a program in select cities to pick up passengers aged 13 through 17, previously not allowed on the company's terms of service. [78]
June 6TeamUber CEO Travis Kalanick takes summer sabbatical after an investigation into the company's workplace culture. [79]
June 21Team Travis Kalanick resigns as CEO. [80]
August 28Team Dara Khosrowshahi is hired as CEO. [81]
October 25ProductA Uber branded Visa credit card is announced for the United States market, in partnership with Barclays. [82] The card became open for applications on November 2, 2017. [83]
2018April 9ProductUber acquires Jump Bikes and launches Uber Bike. [84]
2019February 9International expansionUber further expands its operations in Canada by launching in Saskatoon. [85]
May 10FundingUber raises $8.1 billion at $45 per share in its IPO, valuing the company at $82 billion. [86] [87]
May 15International expansionUber further expands its operations in Canada by launching in Regina, Saskatchewan. [88]
2020December 20International retreatUber sells its UberEATS business in India to Zomato for a 9.99% stake in the Indian food delivery company. [89]
December 3International expansionUber further expands its operations in Canada by launching in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [90]
January 24International expansionUber further expands its operations in Canada by launching in Vancouver, British Columbia and other parts of Metro Vancouver. [91]

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