Waymo confirms it will start splitting with Uber in January 2028
The split will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network.
What it means
- What to watch: In telecom, network spending is the big ongoing bill — how much it takes to keep customers is the number to watch.
- How the stocks are trading: $GOOGL +4.01%, $UBER +4.89% in the latest session.
- Timing: It landed during trading hours — the market got to read it live, so the session move beside it may already carry the reaction.
Where the stock stands
$GOOGL last changed hands at $291.26, +4.01% on the session, 29% below its 52-week high of $408.61 and 7.6% above its low of $270.70 — in the lower part of the range. Over the year it has ranged 51% from low to high: a wide band — moves of several percent in a week come with the territory. $UBER last traded at $69.86, +4.89% on the session. That puts it 27% shy of its 52-week high of $95.44 and 9.1% clear of its low of $64.04 — in the lower part of the range. Over the year it has ranged 49% from low to high: a moderate band — it moves, but it rarely makes a scene. These are latest-session quotes, not live prices.
How much coverage it is getting
In the last 30 days Wook has filed 207 stories about these names — 72 of them this week. At its 30-day pace you would expect about 48 a week, so this week is somewhat busier than usual. Across those stories the wording ran 18% bullish, 68% neutral and 14% bearish. This one reads neutral, so it sits in step with most of the run. 40 came from TechCrunch; the rest came from other outlets, so this is a story more than one newsroom is chasing. 12 related stories from the same name or desk are listed beside this one.
The bigger picture
In media and telecom, the subscriber count gets the headline, but the economics live in what each customer pays and what it costs to keep them from leaving. Wook's supply-chain scanner has Communication Services reading calm today: no unusual stress in the filings and disclosures it watches.
Coming up
$GOOGL earnings today and $UBER earnings today. These were on the calendar before this story and are not caused by it, but the nearest is close enough that the next hard numbers on this company are almost here.
What to watch next
For the receipts, the $GOOGL page has the full chart, the filings and the valuation model these figures come from. Comparing how two or three outlets frame the same story is the fastest way to separate the facts from the angle. And Wook AI, up top, will happily do the math — how far $GOOGL sits from its high, or how this week's coverage stacks up.
How this analysis was made
TechCrunch published it, and Wook filed it under Media & Telecom. No strongly worded term either way, so it reads neutral at low severity — a factual headline rather than a charged one. It was matched to $GOOGL and $UBER; a company mentioned in passing is tagged the same as the subject, so check which one the story is really about. The preview above is the publisher's own wording.
The tone and severity labels come from a fixed word list — no editor, no AI, no crystal ball — so they describe how a story is worded, not what happens next. They are not a forecast or a recommendation, and a same-day move does not mean this story caused it. Not investment advice.
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What happened after this published
TechCrunch published this on November 4, 2026. $GOOGL has moved -0.40% ($292.44 to $291.26) and $UBER has moved -2.27% ($71.48 to $69.86). Measured from the first print available after publication, against the latest available quote. This comparison does not isolate the story's effect.