Grubhub said Thursday that it is ending its partnership with
Russian tech company Yandex and pulling 100 Yandex-made food-delivery robots
from the campuses of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and the
University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Chicago-based Grubhub said it is
working with both campuses to find alternatives.
Grubhub had been using the robots to deliver food on campus
at Ohio State since August. The company launched robot delivery at the
University of Arizona last November. The company says it was doing 1,000
deliveries a day between the two campuses.
Yandex is Russia's largest internet search and ride-hailing
company. Toby Snuggs, head of sales for the Yandex Self-Driving Group,
confirmed the split with Grubhub and said the robots will be sent to other
locations outside the US where Yandex has operations.
“It is a real shame that we can't continue with this great
project we embarked on in the US campus space with Grubhub as we all know it
was having a really positive impact to the student body,” Snuggs said.
Earlier this week, ride-hailing giant Uber said it was
trying to speed up a planned divestment of its shares in Yandex.Taxi, Yandex's
mobility business. Uber holds a 29 percent stake in Yandex.Taxi, worth about
$800 million. Uber said three of its executives who were on Yandex.Taxi's board
have also resigned.
In a regulatory filing Thursday, Yandex noted that the
Moscow-based company and its executives haven't been targeted with specific
sanctions because Yandex doesn't operate in the defense, aerospace or maritime
sectors.
The Nasdaq stock exchange suspended trading of Yandex shares
last week.
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