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Uber
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Uber is a ride-hailing service founded by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick, launched in San Francisco in 2011 as UberCab, connecting riders to drivers through a smartphone app. It pioneered the mainstream app-based ride-hailing model and the wider "gig economy" pattern of independent-contractor work it relies on, expanded into food delivery (Uber Eats) and freight, and its rapid, often regulation-defying international expansion made it one of the most closely watched and controversial technology companies of the 2010s.
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The Uber ride-hailing service is operated by Uber Technologies, Inc.
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