Skip to content
The Delivery Space Consolidates episode artwork

Jul 16, 2026 20 min

The Delivery Space Consolidates

from Tech Brew Ride Home Hosted by Morning Brew

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 by internal chaos as Musk pushed for Grok to match Claude, amid signs it is turning a corner under Michael Nicolls (Bloomberg) Sources: Apple is preparing new iPads, including an iPad mini with an OLED screen by October and refreshed entry-level iPads and iPad Airs for 2027 (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

The Delivery Space Consolidates

0:00 20:03

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of Tech Brew Ride Home?

This episode is 20 minutes long.

When was this Tech Brew Ride Home episode published?

This episode was published on July 16, 2026.

Can I download this Tech Brew Ride Home episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.