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398 Quick commerce has a $11.3B funding collapse and 40+ dead startups. Amazon is betting on it anyway.

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Christian Kelly @ Silicon Canals · 04/04/2026 02:15 EDT

Quick commerce has a $11.3B funding collapse and 40+ dead startups. Amazon is betting on it anyway.

Amazon launched a 30-minute delivery service in select U.S. locations in March, alongside one- and three-hour options across thousands of American cities, according to an Amazon company announcement. The move represents a renewed push into quick commerce, a model with a graveyard of failed Western startups behind it and structural economics that may fundamentally clash ... Read more

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