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Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Crash flips taxi on its roof in San Francisco
(KRON) — A Friday morning vehicle collision flipped a Flywheel taxi on its roof in San Francisco. Man keyed several cars, fled in vehicle with no plates: Walnut Creek PD The San Francisco Police Department said its officers responded to the incident at 10:28 a.m. in the area of Fell Street and Van Ness Avenue. SFPD located the driver of the vehicle along with three passengers at the scene, and provided treatment until medics arrived. At this time, San Francisco PD do not believe drugs or alcohol played a role. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to call the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411, starting the message with 'SFPD.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Nexar and Flywheel Team Up to Modernize Taxis with Connected Vehicle Technology
NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexar, a leader in AI-powered mobility solutions, today announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Flywheel, the nation's leading e-hail platform for the taxi industry. This alliance will deploy Nexar's cutting-edge connected dash cameras across thousands of taxis in the United States, delivering real-time insights and helping fleets improve safety, reduce insurance costs, and elevate the rider experience. Through this integration, Flywheel-enabled taxis will be equipped with Nexar's advanced AI technology, transforming each vehicle into a data-driven, intelligent asset. Features such as automated crash detection, real-time driver behavior insights, and proactive safety alerts will empower taxi drivers and fleet operators with tools previously available only to large-scale rideshare platforms. "This alliance is about more than just cameras in taxis," said Zach Greenberger, CEO of Nexar. "Together with Flywheel, we're equipping an iconic mode of transportation with next-generation technology. This is a leap forward in making taxis not only safer and smarter, but also contributors to a larger vision of better managed insurance costs for drivers and fleets." Flywheel's platform currently powers thousands of taxis in major metropolitan areas, offering modern app-based hailing, digital payments, and centralized fleet management. By adding Nexar's connected vehicle technology, Flywheel is expanding its value proposition to include real-time telematics, safety analytics, and next-generation fleet intelligence. "Flywheel is committed to ensuring taxis remain competitive, relevant, and innovative," said Izzy Aala, CEO of Flywheel. "With Nexar's technology, we're providing taxi drivers with tools that rival—and often surpass—those used by rideshare fleets. We're proud to roll this out nationwide as part of our mission to strengthen the industry." About NexarNexar turns cars into vision sensors to understand the world. Its platform powers vision-connected services and apps at scale, making new vision-based applications for better driving powered by a crowd-sourced vision feed. Using anonymous, aggregated data captured from this network, Nexar has developed a portfolio of vision-based data services for the autonomous vehicle industry and public and private sector partners to make roadways safer and more efficient. More information at About FlywheelFlywheel is a leading digital platform for the taxi industry, providing app-based ride booking, seamless payments, and fleet management tools. Flywheel empowers taxi drivers and operators with technology to compete in the modern mobility landscape, enhancing efficiency, safety, and the passenger experience. Learn more at Logo - View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Nexar Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Nexar and Flywheel Team Up to Modernize Taxis with Connected Vehicle Technology
NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexar, a leader in AI-powered mobility solutions, today announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Flywheel, the nation's leading e-hail platform for the taxi industry. This alliance will deploy Nexar's cutting-edge connected dash cameras across thousands of taxis in the United States, delivering real-time insights and helping fleets improve safety, reduce insurance costs, and elevate the rider experience. Through this integration, Flywheel-enabled taxis will be equipped with Nexar's advanced AI technology, transforming each vehicle into a data-driven, intelligent asset. Features such as automated crash detection, real-time driver behavior insights, and proactive safety alerts will empower taxi drivers and fleet operators with tools previously available only to large-scale rideshare platforms. "This alliance is about more than just cameras in taxis," said Zach Greenberger, CEO of Nexar. "Together with Flywheel, we're equipping an iconic mode of transportation with next-generation technology. This is a leap forward in making taxis not only safer and smarter, but also contributors to a larger vision of better managed insurance costs for drivers and fleets." Flywheel's platform currently powers thousands of taxis in major metropolitan areas, offering modern app-based hailing, digital payments, and centralized fleet management. By adding Nexar's connected vehicle technology, Flywheel is expanding its value proposition to include real-time telematics, safety analytics, and next-generation fleet intelligence. "Flywheel is committed to ensuring taxis remain competitive, relevant, and innovative," said Izzy Aala, CEO of Flywheel. "With Nexar's technology, we're providing taxi drivers with tools that rival—and often surpass—those used by rideshare fleets. We're proud to roll this out nationwide as part of our mission to strengthen the industry." About NexarNexar turns cars into vision sensors to understand the world. Its platform powers vision-connected services and apps at scale, making new vision-based applications for better driving powered by a crowd-sourced vision feed. Using anonymous, aggregated data captured from this network, Nexar has developed a portfolio of vision-based data services for the autonomous vehicle industry and public and private sector partners to make roadways safer and more efficient. More information at About FlywheelFlywheel is a leading digital platform for the taxi industry, providing app-based ride booking, seamless payments, and fleet management tools. Flywheel empowers taxi drivers and operators with technology to compete in the modern mobility landscape, enhancing efficiency, safety, and the passenger experience. Learn more at Logo - View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Nexar Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
TTD, CART Deepen Alliance to Transform Retail Media on Open Internet
The Trade Desk, Inc. TTD recently extended its collaboration with North America's top grocery technology platform, Instacart CART. This partnership makes Instacart the first U.S. retail media network to fully integrate its grocery selection data with The Trade Desk platform, creating a seamless self-service experience for marketers. The initiative is poised to transform how retail media data is used for programmatic campaigns, enabling advertisers to unlock advanced audience targeting and closed-loop measurement at scale and in real-time on the open now gain self-service access to Instacart's vast grocery catalog and can create custom audience segments directly within The Trade Desk platform. These segments can be based on specific product categories like beverages, snacks, or beauty and can be implemented seamlessly mid-flight into new or ongoing campaigns. This means insertion orders (IOs) are no longer a barrier. Instead, approved brands and agencies can operate with greater agility, leveraging the intuitive and powerful tools within The Trade Desk's cutting-edge Kokai platform, which includes frequency capping, brand safety controls, direct publisher pricing and robust data privacy protections. Additionally, CPG brands can view real-time sales measurement data from Instacart directly within TTD's platform. The Trade Desk price-consensus-chart | The Trade Desk Quote One of the significant advancements in this partnership is the integration of real-time sales signals from Instacart into The Trade Desk. Advertisers can see the impact through closed-loop measurement, including metrics like attributed sales and Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). This integration allows omnichannel media teams to optimize campaigns in real-time, modifying their strategy based on key parameters driving the product's demand. Major players in the advertising industry are already seeing tangible benefits, and Omnicom's Flywheel is one of another early adopter, used the integrated setup to run its 'Feel Planty Good' campaign for Silk, leveraging off-site audience data and optimizing creative assets in real-time. This approach made it much easier to reach target consumers and measure downstream impact. TTD's partnership expansion is a key catalyst in Instacart's broader strategy to position itself as a full-funnel advertising solution. With more than 7,000 active CPG brand partners and 1,800 retail partners across the United States and Canada, Instacart is becoming a central hub for omnichannel campaign management. Beyond the Instacart Marketplace, advertisers can already access Instacart retail data across more than 220 e-commerce grocery partner sites, in-store via smart Caper Carts, and through off-platform partnerships with major players like Google, Meta, NBCUniversal, Roku, and now a deeply integrated experience on The Trade ensures brands can engage shoppers on every device — mobile, streaming TV, or actively building a grocery cart. For The Trade Desk, the integration highlights its power to enhance the open Internet with advertisers gaining precision, speed and transparency in their campaigns without sacrificing control over their media continues to drive advancements in the advertising world with fresh launches and collaborations. Recently, it unveiled Deal Desk, an innovation within its Kokai platform designed to enhance how advertisers and publishers manage one-to-one deals and upfront commitments. With AI at its core, Deal Desk is poised to tackle the pressing issues of deal underperformance, lack of transparency and inefficient pacing in the programmatic advertising landscape. TTD currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Shares of the company have lost 25.8% in the past year against the Zacks Internet – Services industry's growth of 2.6%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Some better-ranked stocks from the broader technology space are Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR and Ubiquiti Inc. UI. JNPR presently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), while UI carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks is leveraging the 400-gig cycle to capture hyperscale switching opportunities inside the data center. The company is set to capitalize on the increasing demand for data center virtualization, cloud computing and mobile traffic packet/optical convergence. Juniper also introduced new features within the AI-driven enterprise portfolio that enable customers to simplify the rollout of their campus wired and wireless networks while bringing greater insight to network operators. In the last reported quarter, it delivered an earnings surprise of 4.88%.Ubiquiti's effective management of its strong global network of more than 100 distributors and master resellers improved its visibility for future demand and inventory management techniques. In the last reported quarter, Ubiquiti delivered an earnings surprise of 33.3%. Its highly flexible global business model remains well-suited to adapt to the changing market dynamics to overcome challenges while maximizing growth. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR) : Free Stock Analysis Report The Trade Desk (TTD) : Free Stock Analysis Report Maplebear Inc. 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Business Wire
29-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
South Wind Exploration & Production, LLC Announces Equity Commitment from Kayne Anderson
BUSINESS WIRE)--South Wind Exploration & Production, LLC ('South Wind' or the 'Company'), a newly formed independent oil and natural gas company, has received over $400 million of equity commitments from Kayne Private Energy Income Fund III, L.P., a fund managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. ('Kayne Anderson'), and members of the Company's management team. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, South Wind aims to acquire and operate large, producing onshore U.S. oil and gas assets. The Company is led by an experienced team of industry veterans, including Co-CEOs Tyler Bolton and Greg Boxer, EVP & General Counsel Jeremy Fitzpatrick, COO Zack Laird, CFO Son Hoang, and CTO Andy Broussard. South Wind's leadership team brings deep industry expertise, having previously held executive roles at Flywheel Energy, LLC ('Flywheel'). Flywheel and its affiliates operated as portfolio companies of Kayne Anderson from March 2017 to June 2024, demonstrating seven years of strong performance before successfully monetizing. The formation of South Wind represents the evolution of this partnership, uniting accomplished Flywheel executives for their fourth collaborative venture with Kayne Anderson, founded on a legacy of trust and established results. "We have had a long and successful partnership with this team, and we are excited to build on that momentum with South Wind," said Kayne Anderson Managing Partner, Mark Teshoian. "Their leadership and demonstrated ability to create value align perfectly with our vision, and we look forward to supporting them as they pursue their initial acquisition and build a durable, long-term enterprise." "Our team is very excited to partner with Kayne Anderson again as we collectively write the South Wind story and build on our successful track record together," said South Wind Co-CEO, Greg Boxer. "We believe our team has the right expertise to underwrite compelling opportunities, drive operational excellence, and create long-term value for our stakeholders," said South Wind Co-CEO, Tyler Bolton. About South Wind South Wind is an Oklahoma City-based, private oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition and development of onshore oil and natural gas assets throughout the United States. About Kayne Anderson Kayne Anderson, founded in 1984, is a leading alternative investment management firm focused on real estate, credit, infrastructure, and energy. With a team defined by an entrepreneurial and resilient culture, Kayne Anderson's investment philosophy is to pursue cash flow-oriented niche strategies where knowledge and sourcing advantages enable us to deliver above average, risk-adjusted investment returns. Kayne manages $38 billion in assets (as of 3/31/2025) for institutional investors, family offices, high net worth and retail clients and employs 350 professionals. For more information, please visit
