The Delivery Space Consolidates

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.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/uber-ag…) (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 (thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling) (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.com/tech/ai/mira-muratis-ai-startup-releas…) (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 (simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/15/grok-build) (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.com/xai-open-sources-grok-build-on…) (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.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/spacexa…) (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.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/apple-n…) (Bloomberg)

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