To introduce a platform to an existing market or industry that provides direct transactions between sellers and buyers, often using mobile technology.
Origin
From the brand of the company Uber, which disrupted the taxicab industry by creating a business model allowing private drivers to be paid for providing a similar service, -ize.
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