Company
Avride
Autonomous vehicle and delivery robot company spun off from Yandex's self-driving unit in December 2020.
- Founded
- 2020
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- Status
- Nebius subsidiary
Models
2
Deployments
4
Overview
Autonomous vehicle and delivery robot company spun off from Yandex's self-driving unit in December 2020. Led by CEO Dmitry Polishchuk, Avride develops AI-driven autonomous vehicles and sidewalk delivery robots. Secured up to 75M in strategic investment from Uber and Nebius. Launching robotaxi service on Uber platform in Dallas by end of 2025, with Hyundai partnership for robotaxi deployment. Delivery robots launched for Uber Eats in February 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 5 incidents on file
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Key facts
Owner
Nebius subsidiary (ex-Yandex SDG); Uber partner since Oct 2024
Funding
Up to $375M committed from Uber + Nebius
Robotaxi
Hyundai Ioniq 5 on Uber, Dallas + Austin (safety operators)
Delivery
Sidewalk bots on Uber Eats (Austin/Dallas/Jersey City) + Grubhub (Ohio State)
Scrutiny
NHTSA probe (16 crashes Dec25-Mar26); Jersey City cyclist-injury lawsuit
wikidata
wikipedia
CEO
Dmitry Polishchuk
Total funding
75M (Uber, Nebius)
Partners
Uber, Hyundai
Products
Autonomous robotaxis, sidewalk delivery robots
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
5
Web sources
5
11 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)
Avride's robotaxi, a fully-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 equipped with Avride's automated driving system (ADS). Provides public passenger rides integrated into the Uber ride-hailing platform in Dallas and Austin, Texas, with an in-vehicle safety operator present. Most reported crashes occurred at speeds below 20 mph. Avride separately operates a fleet of sidewalk delivery robots (a distinct, smaller cooler-sized form factor) for Uber Eats and Grubhub.
Current platform
Avride delivery robot
Avride's autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, evolved from the Yandex rover platform. Operates in active service across multiple U.S. cities through partnerships with Uber Eats and others.
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Dmitry Polishchuk CEOsecondary-verified
- Yaroslav Kolodyazhnyy Chief Financial Officerreported, not verified
- Anton Krokhmalyuk Chief Growth Officerreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Dmitry Polishchukcofounderfounded 2023-01-01
Safety record
5 incidents on record (2 serious, 1 moderate, 2 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026.
Most recent: Jul 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Avride (5)
- Jersey City cyclist injured when Avride delivery robot drove into bike lane2026-05-11 · Injury
- NHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 robotaxi crashes in Dallas and Austin2026-05-06 · Regulatory action
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operated deployments (4)
- Avride delivery robotJersey City
- Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)Austin
- Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)Dallas
- Avride delivery robotOhio State University
Operator customers (1)
- Avride4 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- Avride ADSfoundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Avride in third-party press
Peer companies
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed (Uber strategic investment)2023-09-19
$200M(reported)
Investors: Uber (strategic) (lead)
Regulatory filings (2)
- PE26-003nhtsa investigation · us_nhtsaactive2026-05-06reported
Linked models: Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)
- TX-SB2807-AVRIdeother · othergranted2025-01-01
Sources (11)
- Avride: Company website · https://avride.ai
- TechCrunch: Yandex spinoff Nebius relaunches self-driving business as Avride · https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/yandex-spinoff-nebius-relaunches-self-driving-business-as-avride · 2024-10-22
- Avride: Nebius subsidiary, Uber partner, Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxis, NHTSA probe · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/uber-partner-avride-is-under-investigation-for-self-driving-crashes/ · 2026-05-08
- Avride delivery robots via Uber: Dallas, Austin, Jersey City (Feb 2025), Philadelphia (Mar 2025) · https://www.newsweek.com/bicyclist-suing-crash-delivery-robot-new-jersey-lawsuit-11952852 · 2026-05-11
- Avride delivery on Uber Eats (Austin/Dallas/Jersey City) + Grubhub campuses (Ohio State); NHTSA scope · https://thenextweb.com/news/avride-uber-robotaxi-crashes-nhtsa-investigation · 2026-05-08
- Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/waymo-dominates-texas-autonomous-vehicle-registrations-as-tesla-trails-behind/ · 2026-05-29T00:14:35.000Z
- https://nebius.com/newsroom/avride-secures-strategic-investment-and-other-commitments-of-up-to-375-million-backed-by-uber-and-nebius
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/hyundai-pairs-up-with-yandex-spinoff-avride-to-develop-robotaxis/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/uber-and-avride-launch-robotaxi-service-in-dallas/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grubhub-expands-partnership-with-avride-to-bring-autonomous-delivery-robots-to-its-marketplace-302592083.html
- https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report/yandex-autonomous-driving-technology-company-reboots-avride/
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Greenville, NC
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Bowling Green, OH
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
University, MS
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Fayetteville, NC
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Knoxville, TN
- Engineering
+4 more open roles tracked
Common questions
- What is Avride?
- Autonomous vehicle and delivery robot company spun off from Yandex's self-driving unit in December 2020. Led by CEO Dmitry Polishchuk, Avride develops AI-driven autonomous vehicles and sidewalk delivery robots. Secured up to 75M in strategic investment from Uber and Nebius. Launching robotaxi service on Uber platform in Dallas by end of 2025, with Hyundai partnership for robotaxi deployment. Delivery robots launched for Uber Eats in February 2025.
- What does Avride make?
- Avride has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5), Avride delivery robot (Avride builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Is Avride publicly traded?
- Avride is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of Nebius on the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Avride?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Avride building in the same form factors include Amazon, Tesla, Aurora Innovation, Nuro.
- Where is Avride headquartered?
- Avride is headquartered in Austin, TX.
- Where does Avride operate robots?
- Avride operates 4 verified deployments, including at Jersey City, Austin, Dallas.
- Is Avride a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Avride ranks in roughly the top 34% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Avride founded?
- Avride was founded in 2020.
- Are there any incidents involving Avride?
- 5 active incidents involving Avride are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
- Is Avride safe?
- Avride has 5 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 5 incidents on record (2 serious, 1 moderate, 2 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Methodology: Verified · 11 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-02
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-02
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 5
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Avride.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Avride from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Context is king: How Avride uses cloud VLMs as a safety net for delivery robots
Avride uses vision-language models, or VLMs, to improve the environmental awareness of its delivery robots. The post Context is king: How Avride uses cloud VLMs as a safety net…
TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China's dominance
Autnmy AI released a Road to Autonomy Index ranking Baidu Apollo Go as the top robotaxi operator ahead of Waymo, with Tesla in fifth; Texas AV tracker shows Waymo at 620 vehicles,…
Uber, Avride Roll Out Autonomous Delivery in Northern Virginia
Avride expanded autonomous delivery to Northern Virginia, the fifth market entered through its partnership with Uber and Uber Eats since late 2024.
DoorDash introduces new food delivery robot 'Dot' to Tempe, Mesa
DoorDash introducing new food delivery robot 'Dot' in Tempe and Mesa, Arizona. Expanding sidewalk delivery.
Uber Eats and Avride expand robot food delivery in Jersey City
Uber Eats and Avride expanded robot food delivery in Jersey City, doubling coverage to 100 restaurants.
New Austin robotaxi crash data shows increases for Avride, Waymo and Tesla
Austin robotaxi crash data shows increases for Avride, Waymo, and Tesla. Growing incident rates as fleets expand.
Grubhub tests robot delivery in Jersey City
Grubhub expanded its partnership with Avride to test autonomous delivery robots in Jersey City for Wonder customers, marking the first time Grubhub has offered robot delivery…
Avride secures strategic investments up to 75M for self-driving
Avride secured up to 75M from Uber and Nebius, launching robotaxi service in Dallas on Uber platform by end of 2025.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/avride.md
- RSS feed: /companies/avride/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4143e494-260e-49c8-8d04-3e85d9c7218a
- Revision history: /companies/avride/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
38.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
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Safety Record
Funding Health
Hiring Signal
Deployment Scale
Market Presence
IP Activity
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
Last computed: Jul 8, 2026
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