GM's own Uber app (but self-driving)

We're decidedly pro-carpooling... and pro-Snacks story-pooling. Yesterday, one old school company, one new-ish school company, and one brand new company updated investors and customers on auto industry-changing moves:

• Lyft: The first gig-economy cab company to go public bragged that revenues almost doubled in the 1st quarter to $776M. But its loss ballooned to $1.1B. That loss was mostly driven by new stock issued to employees because of the IPO, so investors were impressed overall despite the loss.
• Tesla: The e-car company announced it is offering its own car insurance. It claims its cars are safer (thanks to self-driving car features) and it has more data on drivers (thanks to its techiness) so it can insure cars for less.
• General Motors: Its acquisition of Cruise Automation for $1B in '16 was transformational. Cruise alone is now worth $19B after it received $1.15B of new investment from Softbank, Honda, and T. Rowe Price. GM's tech division is testing self-driving cars so it can eventually unveil its own Uber-like ride-hailing app of GM cars with no drivers.

Love has no boundaries... Neither does Match, the dating company that powers dating apps — Tinder, OKCupid, OurTime, and any other warm-blooded potential connection. It enjoyed a 14% revenue jump last quarter driven by 23% growth outside the US. Dating biz abroad will likely surpass North America next quarter thanks to international love trends. Here's what it highlighted:

• A decline in arranged marriages in India
• Online dating "stigma" is crumbling in Japan
• 1st-time smartphone adoption in SE Asia

Tinder gets all the love... The swipe-right legend now has 4.7M users, with growth fueled by this fall's TinderU launch for college kids, and a few other changes.

• 384K: That's how many new Tinderers joined the platform — Its 3rd best quarterly jump ever.
• Algorithm tweaks: The more accurately it matches you early on, the more likely you are to pay-up for the premium option.
• Big new bets: Tinder now lets you start flirting pre-Bonnaroo with fellow music festival singles three weeks before the event. That feature was inspired by the Spring Break one it launched months earlier.

Koi fish-painted clogs... That's the gem of a shoe featured on page #1 of Crocs' earnings report. The polarizing fashion icon's stock is up 75% over the last year. And even though quarterly sales only rose 4% (which dropped shares Tuesday), the CEO is still enthused about a "great start to 2019." He's into its "norm-core" marketing moves...

Millennials are out... Gen-Z is in. Crocs used strategic marketing to boost its brand rep among Americans under 24. It became the #13 most popular footwear brand for the post-Millennial crowd, up from #38 two years ago. Here's how:

• Absurdly viral products, like high-heeled Crocs last summer and the new fanny pack Crocs.
• “Come as you are” ad campaign to get buyers comfortable with the inevitable public judgment of wearing Crocs.
• A-minus list celebrity ambassadors, like John Cena, Zoey Deschanel, and Drew Barrymore (Drew did an online musical for Crocs).
• Local foreign ambassadors in China, Japan, and South Korea kept that celeb vibe going (now 30% of sales are in Asia Pacific).

• Petro: Exxon edges in on signing a $53B mega-deal to develop Iraq's oil
• Sake: Bud-owner AB InBev plans to spin-off its Asian alcohol biz so it can pay down its debts
• Sick: Mylan slips 24% on disappointing earnings and investigations on price-fixing its generic medications
• Refuel: TravelCenters of America jumps on its expansion moves to take over gas stations nationwide
• Vacay: TripAdvisor's revenue-slipped 1%, but "experiences" are becoming its strongest new travel option

• Earnings from NYTimes, Roku, Disney, Wendy's, and Etsy
• South Africa's election

Disclosure: An author of this Snacks owns shares of Tesla.