Zipline
Zipline is an American robotics company that designs, manufactures and operates the world's largest autonomous delivery system, delivering food, retail and healthcare products to customers' homes in minutes.
Leadership
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Chief Executive Officer. Keller Rinaudo Cliffton is the chief executive officer of Zipline, an American company that designs, manufactures and operates delivery drones.
Who it reaches
Zipline delivers food, retail and healthcare products directly to customers' homes in minutes across the United States, and enables African governments to provide 24/7 delivery of essential medical supplies to hospitals and health facilities.
Zipline funding rounds
| Date | Round | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | Growth round | $1.5 billion |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Growth round | $600 million |
Key facts
- Founded
- 2014source
- Funding raised
- more than $600 millionsource
- Valuation after round
- $7.6 billionsource
- Deliveries
- two million commercial deliveriessource
- Round expanded (per StatTimes)
- expanded to $800 million with an extra $200 millionsource
- Reported talks (not closed)
- about $1 billion at a roughly $20 billion valuationsource
- African medical supply infrastructure
- up to $150 millionsource
- Valuation (November 2026)
- $21.5 billion post-money, after a $1.5 billion raisesource
- Walmart agreement (November 2026)
- 300 additional sites under a new national multi-year agreementsource
- Commercial autonomous miles (November 2026)
- 150 millionsource
WYDE coverage of Zipline
WYDE Newsroom has published 5 articles about Zipline, from Mar 23, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026. Zipline is the subject of 5 stories. The most recent is Zipline Raises $1.5 Billion at a $21.5 Billion Valuation as Walmart Signs for 300 More Drone Sites.
Zipline Raises $1.5 Billion at a $21.5 Billion Valuation as Walmart Signs for 300 More Drone Sites
Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global led the Nov. 5 round, which values the drone delivery company at 2.8 times its January price. Walmart agreed to launch 300 additional Zipline sites.
Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyJPMorgan Warns Food Inflation Could Double, Citi Will Custody Bitcoin, and EAT Tops Charity Tokens. Over 65,000 Meals.
Record child hunger and food insecurity collide with a wall of institutional crypto money, from Citi custody to the SEC and Treasury rulebooks, plus $105 billion for one AI data center. This week in the WYDE Newsroom.
Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
AIUber-Zipline and Serve-Grubhub Deals Push Drone and Robot Food Delivery Toward Mainstream Scale
Uber and Zipline are bringing drone delivery to Uber Eats with a target of one million deliveries a day by 2029, while Serve Robotics adds Grubhub for sidewalk robot delivery, as platforms race to automate the last mile of food delivery.
Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyThe SEC just cleared crypto. TSA agents are visiting food banks. We just hit 10,000 meals.
SEC classifies crypto, SNAP cuts project 70K deaths, TSA food banks, $EAT ATH, Tempo blockchain launch, Mastercard BVNK acquisition.
Mar 23, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
Food PolicyZipline Hits $7.6 Billion Valuation and 2 Million Deliveries as Rwanda Goes Nationwide
Zipline raised $600M+ at a $7.6 billion valuation, hit 2 million autonomous deliveries, and became the first company to achieve nationwide drone logistics in Rwanda.
Mar 23, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Zipline
- Uber · in 3 stories with Zipline
- Grubhub · in 2 stories with Zipline
- Securities and Exchange Commission · in 2 stories with Zipline
- Keller Rinaudo Cliffton · in 2 stories with Zipline
- BitMart · in 1 story with Zipline
- Citi · in 1 story with Zipline
- Coinbase · in 1 story with Zipline
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission · in 1 story with Zipline
Sources
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