Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
- The three cities were part of a splashy rollout in 2022 that was described as the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the U.S.
Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
- The three cities were part of a splashy rollout in 2022 that was described as the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the U.S.
Amazon quietly shuts down Fabric.com, an online retailer of fabrics, trims, notions, and other supplies since 1999; Amazon acquired the company in 2008
In a letter to vendors today, Fabric.com announced that it will be shutting down. Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Amazon apparently owned a fabric website? https://www.theverge.com/... @moonkittyp...
Swiss Life, EDF, Northleaf, Ardian, and other investors pay $1.5B for a 35% stake in DataBank, which owns 65+ data centers and 20 interconnection hubs in the US
David Seeley / Dallas Innovates :
An investor group led by Swiss Life and others agree to pay $1.5B for a 35% stake in DataBank, which owns 65+ data centers and 20 interconnection hubs in the US
David Seeley / Dallas Innovates :
Dallas-based SmartMoving, which provides software to companies offering moving services, has raised $41.5M from private equity firm Mainsail Partners
SmartMoving—a software solutions startup that aims to streamline the moving services business—landed the investment from Austin …
Dallas-based CyrusOne, which designs, builds, and operates data centers, agrees to be acquired for ~$15B in cash by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners
Adriano Marchese / Wall Street Journal : Source: CyrusOne .
Cornershop, a grocery delivery service operating in Latin America that Uber said it would acquire last year, debuts in the US, launching in Miami and Dallas
Mariana López / Contxto :
Jacobs Engineering, a Dallas-based engineering firm with over 80,000 employees, acquires KeyW, a US government cybersecurity contractor, for about $603M
Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg :