Zipline

The world's largest autonomous delivery system, specializing in on-demand drone delivery and instant logistics.

About

Founded

2014

Headquarters

South San Francisco, California

Industry

Logistics, Hardware, Drones

Company Description

Zipline was founded to create the first logistics system that serves all humans equally. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges. Leveraging expertise in robotics and autonomy, Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated delivery system. Zipline serves tens of millions of people around the world and is making good on the promise of building an equitable and more resilient global supply chain. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart and enabling leading healthcare providers to bring care into the home in the United States, Zipline is transforming the way goods move. By transitioning to clean, electric, instant logistics, we can decarbonize delivery, decrease road congestion, and reduce fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access for billions of people. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Zipline is inspiring people, governments, and businesses to imagine what is possible when goods can move as seamlessly as information.

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Funding

Total Raised

$821 million

Valuation

$4.2 billion

Significant Investors

Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Valor Equity Partners, The Rise Fund, Katalyst Ventures, Fidelity, Intercorp, Emerging Capital Partners, Reinvest Capita, Techstars

Company Traction

  • As of May 2023, Zipline completed 600,000 autonomous delivers and is on pace to complete 1 million by year's end.
  • Zips can travel 70 mph to their destination.
  • Zipline’s fully electric aircraft fly with 97% fewer emissions than traditional delivery.
  • In 2021, Zipline was projected to deliver 2.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
  • By the halfway mark in 2021, Zipline signed service contracts with five distribution centers in Nigeria, four in Ghana, and multiple service contracts with hospitals in the United States.
  • Zipline customers include Walmart, GNC, Pagliacci Pizza, and Associated Couriers.

Leadership Team

  • Keenan Wyrobek: Co-Founder, CTO, and Product Architect of Zipline. Former Founding Team at Neato Robotics.
  • Liam O'Connor: COO at Zipline. Former Chief Procurement Officer + Head of Lyft Bikes & Scooters at Lyft.
  • Conor French: Chief Regulatory Officer at Zipline. Former General Counsel at Funding Circle.
  • Bryan Kopp: Chief Pilot at Zipline. Former Freelance Photographer.