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DiDi, an artificial intelligence-based vehicle dispatching service, will begin demonstration experiments on April 7 with the aim of launching a full-scale service for DiDi Food, a food delivery service.

The company also said it has begun offering DiDi Food app service.

In this demonstration, limited menus of restaurants are delivered within 30 minutes of ordering in six major wards (*) of Osaka Prefecture’s (Japan’s urban prefecture in Kansai region) Osaka City.

By simply tapping DiDi Food app, one can enjoy a great variety of Osaka’s gourmet food from menus of popular restaurant chains while staying at home.

The company is contemplating the right timing to launch its service in Japan where further development of coronavirus situation remains uncertain as of today.

(*) Demonstration tests were conducted in Fukushima, Kita, Chuo, Nishi, Naniwa, and Tennoji districts of Osaka City, where “DiDi Food” services are available.

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/03/24/didifood/