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Before DoorDash or Uber Eats existed, Lehmann co-founded Postmates in 2011 and built the on-demand delivery category from scratch — raising $900M and selling to Uber for $2.65 billion while establishing the fleet, app, and restaurant-partnership models every competitor now copies.
Bastian Lehmann is the Founder and CEO of Mother.ai, his current venture, after founding Postmates in 2011 and selling it to Uber for $2.65 billion in 2020.
German-born, Lehmann pioneered the on-demand delivery model that now defines local commerce, and continues to build consumer technology companies as a founder and investor.
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