Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery
Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart.
Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart.
That geographic expansion in the United States has fueled Zipline’s delivery numbers. In 2024, the company completed 1 million drone deliveries to customers; this week, Zipline said it had surpassed 2 million deliveries.
TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.
Investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are underway.
The company is partnering with Flytrex to make Uber Eats deliveries later this year. Uber is also making a small investment in Flytrex.