Russian internet and ride-hail giant Yandex has acquired Uber’s stake in its Self-Driving Group (SDG), as well as Uber’s indirect interest in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and Yandex.Delivery. The total cost of the deal came to $1 billion, giving the Russian company 100% ownership over all four businesses. Yandex SDG is an autonomous technology spinout from MLU B.V., the ride-hailing and food delivery joint venture Yandex formed with Uber in 2018 by merging… Source link
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Image credit: Yandex Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, announces that it has entered into a binding agreement with Uber to restructure the ownership of their joint ventures, MLU B.V. (“MLU”) and Yandex Self-Driving B.V. (“SDG”). Under this agreement, for total consideration of $1.0 billion in cash, Yandex will receive: Uber’s 33.5% indirect interest in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and… Source link
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