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Door Dash announced that it's introducing ultra-fast deliveries in 10 to 15 minutes

beginning with a single Dashmart location in New York City.

The company is additionally beginning to test a new model of employment which relies on full-time

employees, not gig workers, to handle these new deliveries.

Next, Astra is set to expand its launch footprint

after exclusively flying its first few rockets from Kodiak, Alaska,

the startup will fly a mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida for client

to NASA in January 2022, it announced on Monday morning. And Toyota Motor said it'll build its first

battery factory in the U.S. in North Carolina

as more automakers seek to take control of the supply chain with in-house battery manufacturing plants.

Toyota will invest $1.29 dollars in the plant with production anticipated to commence in 2025.

Now let's see what's going on in the world of startups.

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