The Delivery Space Consolidates
About this episode
The episode discusses Uber's acquisition of Delivery Hero and various developments in AI and technology.
Uber agreed to acquire Delivery Hero for ~$14.8B, expanding into 99 markets. Thinking Machines released its first open-weight model, Inkling, SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build after a data-upload backlash, and sources detailed xAI's chaotic race to catch Claude under new leadership. Uber agrees to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal that values the German food delivery company at ~$14.8B, offering €41.50 per share and buying Prosus' 16.8% stake (Bloomberg) Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab) Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (WSJ) SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license, after the tool uploaded user repositories to SpaceXAI's Google Cloud bucket, causing a backlash (Simon Willison) SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license, after the tool uploaded user repositories to SpaceXAI's Google Cloud bucket, causing a backlash (The Decoder) Sources detail how xAI has been slowed down…
Topics covered
- delivery services
- technology news
- AI developments
- market acquisitions
- product launches
Keywords
- Uber
- Delivery Hero
- Thinking Machines
- Inkling
- SpaceXAI
- xAI
- Michael Nicolls
- Apple
- iPad
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Uber, Delivery Hero, Thinking Machines Lab, SpaceXAI, xAI, Apple
Products: Inkling, iPad mini, iPad, iPad Air
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