The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Avride: 2 models, 6 deployments across 6 regions, 71 active incidents. 11 sources back the record.
Avride holds 1 Regulatory filing and has 1 NHTSA investigation on record, per the DEPLOY registry.
See all 2 filingsCategorySidewalk delivery
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Autonomous-driving company (a subsidiary of Nebius; spun out of the former Yandex self-driving group) operating BOTH sidewalk delivery robots and robotaxis, primarily through a partnership with Uber announced in October 2024. Avride secured up to $375 million in strategic investment commitments from Uber and Nebius to support expansion.
Robotaxi: Avride-equipped fully-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles provide public passenger rides on the Uber platform in Dallas (launched December 2025) and Austin, with in-vehicle safety operators present. Delivery: Avride sidewalk delivery robots operate on Uber Eats in Austin, Dallas, and Jersey City (and Philadelphia), and on Grubhub at university campuses including Ohio State.
In May 2026, NHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 robotaxi crashes (Dec 2025-March 2026) in Dallas and Austin, citing 'inappropriate assertiveness and insufficient competence'; the company's delivery robots have also drawn scrutiny including a Jersey City cyclist-injury lawsuit.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 6 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 71 incidents on file
Key facts
Owner
Delivery
Scrutiny
Austin HQ
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.
Avride on the deployment map
View the global map6 verified deployments across 6 regions, newest verified Dec 2025. Explore where Avride's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalAvride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) at Austin →verified Dec 2025
- operationalAvride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) at Dallas →verified Dec 2025
- operationalAvride delivery robot at Jersey City →verified Feb 2025
- operationalAvride delivery robot at Ohio State University →verified Jan 2025
- operationalAvride delivery robot at Moscow, Russia →verified Jan 2020
- operationalAvride delivery robot at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA →
View the full Avride deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Avride, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is a sidewalk delivery robot?
What is the Avride delivery robot?
Is the Avride delivery robot autonomous?
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
71 incidents on record (3 serious, 1 moderate, 67 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 (71)
- Jersey City cyclist injured when Avride delivery robot drove into bike lane2026-05-11 · Injury
- NHTSA opens investigation into Avride after 16 crashes in Dallas and Austin2026-05-08 · Regulatory action
- NHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 robotaxi crashes in Dallas and Austin2026-05-06 · Regulatory action
- ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-15100)2026-05-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-15099)2026-05-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-15148)2026-05-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-15093)2026-05-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-15189)2026-05-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14974)2026-05-01 · Collision
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.
Corridors where Avride operates (2)
- AustinAustin, TX
- Dallas-Fort WorthDallas, TX
Robot-delivery corridors on DEPLOY Ground where Avride runs a documented fleet.
Operator customers (1)
- Avride6 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- Avride ADSfoundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Avride in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon4 models
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Nuro3 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Waymo3 models
Supplied by (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)NVIDIA DRIVE L4 compute platform (Avride developing autonomous software stack on NVIDIA DRIVE; listed as NVIDIA DRIVE ecosystem partner)suppliesclaimed
- NVIDIAvia Avride delivery robotNVIDIA DRIVE Orin -- autonomous delivery robot perception and path planning computesupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
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
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 26, 2026
Avride delivery robot photo
- Incident recordedJul 7, 2026
Avride delivery rover crashed into parked car in Moscow and fled the scene, first...
- Incident recordedJul 7, 2026
Avride delivery rover crashed into parked car in Moscow and fled the scene — first...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Avride rolls out its next-gen sidewalk delivery robots
- Verified media addedJun 11, 2026
A behind-the-scenes look at Jersey City's Uber Eats robots
Sources (11)
- Avride company site · 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
- Lead Software Engineer – ControlEngineering
Austin, TX
- Facilities TechnicianOperations
Dallas, TX
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
University, MS
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Greenville, NC
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Fayetteville, NC
- Robot Service Technician – Full Time/ContractOperations
Bowling Green, OH
+4 more open roles tracked
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Methodology: Verified · 11 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
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- 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.Peer companies
- Amazon4 models
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Nuro3 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Waymo3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Avride from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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- Revision history: /companies/avride/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Amazon4 models
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Nuro3 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Waymo3 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Avride draws attention at the 79th percentile but verifies reality at the 79th percentile among sidewalk robots. Hype Gap +0.1, 12th widest among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong deployment footprint with 14 operational sites across 16 countries. 2 incidents recorded in the past 90 days.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 17, 2026