I don't think it makes sense to focus on the US when three of the five companies in the article are from Germany, Netherlands and China. The problem is not America per se, it's the pattern of large and often (but not always) foreign companies extracting wealth from what used to be hyper-local operations.

It's not about "talent" these are utterly pedestrian apps that anyone mediocre team can fart out in a quick amount of time. It's about capital for massive scale, massive advertising, literal VC-subsidised dumping, takeovers of the competition, etc.

Sure, go to each country and check what food delivery companies operate in them, get a list of companies operating in the market that are not controlled by the big 5 mentioned in the article.

In Europe there were a few companies operating in the sector which were taken over by these global companies. I recall the Glovo takeover by Delivery Hero. You mention Foodpanda but you seem to be unaware this is a brand from Delivery Hero, and Just Eat is a Prosus company too.

> What countries have both the talent to build a food delivery app and the USA is the dominant player?

I'm baffled by your comment. Do you believe only the US has "the talent" to put together a food delivery business? Because even if you ignore the fact that 2 out of the 5 dominant players are not US companies, you need to be way out of touch with the reality of both the technology side and business side.