The Financial Times reports that about six months ago, DoorDash reluctantly sat down with Uber to discuss a possible merger, at the behest of a big investor in both companies, SoftBank. There are no other details about the failed talks. SoftBank’s effort is understandable. The Saudi Arabia-backed tech investor expected to make bank from Uber after buying up billions of dollars worth of...
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