GIBBI, Today
In this newsletter I write the 5 most important news that I read in the day about businesses, media and sports in México and in the World.
Stories:
Uber is trying drone delivery again
Liga MX: Matchday 9 - Predictions
Messi near new deal to stay in MLS, Miami
UEFA Champions League - League Phase: Matchday 1 - Scores
Reddit seeks to strike next AI content pact with Google, OpenAI
Uber is trying drone delivery again (TechCrunch)
Uber will test using drones for Uber Eats deliveries in some U.S. markets by the end of this year, part of a new partnership with Israeli startup Flytrex. The partnership will also include a small investment in Flytrex, though Uber told Bloomberg News the investment amount was not material
The deal comes at a time when Uber has been re-engaging with some technologies that it used to develop in-house. Uber has been partnering with autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo to offer self-driving rides in cities like Atlanta, and it’s aiming to bring electric air taxis to its service in the next few years
Uber trialed using drones for some of its food deliveries all the way back in 2019. But the company never stuck with the idea due to regulatory limits on drones, and later sold its so-called “Elevate” aviation division to the air taxi company Joby
GIBBI View: Interesting news, where Uber could take advantage of a “virgin” market like drone delivery and try to “explode” it and see if it has potential to invest and work in it; remember that I have an idea to create a carsharing startup, where I want to connect people that want to rent a car to people that need to rent a car to drive in the city, so let’s see if I can make it
Liga MX: Matchday 9 - Predictions (GIBBI)
Friday:
Cruz Azul vs Bravos
Necaxa vs Puebla
Mazatlán vs Atlas
Xolos vs León
Saturday:
Tuzos vs Querétaro
Pumas vs Tigres
Chivas vs Toluca
Rayados vs América
Sunday:
Santos vs Atlético San Luis
GIBBI View: In the next 10 days, there will be 8 days of football because it’ll be played the matchdays 9, 10 and 11, so these 10 days will be important and there’s a lot in game; my predictions: Cruz Azul, Necaza, Tuzos, Toluca win; the rest of the games will draw
Messi near new deal to stay in MLS, Miami (Front Office Sports)
The Argentine soccer star and Inter Miami are finalizing a new multiyear contract, according to an ESPN report Wednesday night. The deal will require final approval by Major League Soccer
Messi signed with Inter Miami in mid-July 2023 on a two-and-a-half year deal. He was paid $20 million this year, far more than any other player in the league, and more than the payroll of most of its teams. The deal came after a failed superteam experiment with Paris Saint-Germain that paid him $36 million annually
Since joining Inter Miami on the pitch, Messi has provided a significant boost in league revenue and viewership. He’s delivered on the field, too, leading Inter Miami to the Leagues Cup trophy weeks after he joined the team in 2023 and the 2024 Supporters’ Shield, which goes to the club with the best regular season record
GIBBI View: I think that this isn’t a surpise because nobody expected that Messi was going to leave Inter with less than one year to the FIFA World Cup 2026, because Messi has won everything in football and has nothing to prove, also he lives in Miami with his family and it’s perfect for him, and Argentina alongside Spain are the favorite to win World Cup next year
UEFA Champions League - League Phase: Matchday 1 - Scores (GIBBI)
Tuesday:
PSV 1 - 3 Union SG
Athletic Club 0 - 2 Arsenal
Real Madrid 2 - 1 Marseille
Benfica 2 - 3 Qarabag
Juventus 4 - 4 Dortmund
Tottenham 1 - 0 Villareal
Wednesday:
Olympiacos 0 - 0 Pafos
Slavia Praha 2 - 2 Bodo/Glimt
PSG 4 - 0 Atalanta
Bayern 3 - 1 Chelsea
Liverpool 3 - 2 Atleti
Ajax 0 - 2 Inter
Thursday:
Club Brugge 4 - 1 Monaco
Copenhagen 2 - 2 Leverkusen
Man City 2 - 0 Napoli
Frankfurt 5 - 1 Galatasaray
Sporting CP 4 - 1 Kairat Almaty
Newcastle 0 - 2 Barcelona
GIBBI View: The Champions Leagues is the best sport competition in the world (including NFL), because here you can watch the best top soccer teams facing each other, where with this new format we’ll see more of games of this kind; the best games of the matchday were Juventus-Dortmund, Bayern-Chelsea & Liverpool-Atleti
Reddit seeks to strike next AI content pact with Google, OpenAI (msn)
Reddit, more than a year and a half after its first data-sharing deal with Google for a reported $60 million, is in talks for deeper integration with Google’s AI products, according to executives familiar with the discussions
Reddit also plans to discuss with Google and OpenAI, which has a similar agreement, a future deal structure that could allow for dynamic pricing, where the social platform can be paid more as it becomes more vital to AI answers, said the executives, who asked not to be named discussing private conversations
Reddit’s first data agreements with Google and OpenAI remain active. In January 2024, Reddit reached licensing agreements, including those two deals, that would generate $203 million in contract value with terms ranging from two to three years
GIBBI View: Reddit could take advantage of AI boom and try to develop its own AI search engine, because Reddit has a lot data with its subscribers/customers, and the difference with Google and Reddit is that Reddit has the specific questions that most people are searching, but this would make that Reddit could become a competitor against one of its partners like OpenAI

