The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Coco Robotics: 2 models, 18 deployments across 12 regions, $160.0M raised, 6 active incidents. 10 sources back the record.
CategorySidewalk delivery
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Santa Monica, CA-based autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company founded in 2020 by CEO Zach Rash. Coco Robotics develops remote-operated and autonomous delivery robots for restaurant food delivery. Raised 0M in Series B funding led by SNR, with participation from Pelion Venture Partners, Offline Ventures, and Max Altman (Sam Altman's brother). Expanding fleet and advancing AI platform for autonomous navigation.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 18 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 6 incidents on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundStrategic Funding post-money
Key facts
Robots
Markets
Notable incidentsee incidents →
Operation model
Partnerships
CEO
Series B
Investorssee investors →
Product
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
2
Web sources
7
10 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Coco Delivery Robot
Coco's sidewalk delivery robot for last-mile restaurant and grocery delivery, remotely supervised by human operators. The platform operates across Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Helsinki via Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Wolt, serving more than 3,000 merchant locations and completing over 500,000 zero-emission deliveries as of early 2026. A second-generation model (Coco 2) launched in February 2026 with NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX compute, upgraded lidar, and full weather resistance.
Current platform
Coco Bot
Coco's flagship sidewalk delivery robot. Wheeled, teleoperated by remote pilots, with an insulated cargo compartment for restaurant orders. Operates at walking speeds on sidewalks within range of a partner restaurant.
Partnerships
Every company Coco Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Niantic Spatial1× joint
Most recent
- Coco Robotics x Niantic Spatial2026-06-15with Niantic Spatialjust announced
Coco Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map18 verified deployments across 12 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where Coco Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalCoco Delivery Robot at Washington, D.C., USA →West Coast · verified Jul 2026
- operationalCoco Bot at Koreatown →South Korea · verified Nov 2025
- operationalCoco Bot at Downtown Los Angeles →West Coast · verified Nov 2025
- operationalCoco Bot at Echo Park →California · verified Nov 2025
- operationalCoco Bot at Miami →Florida · verified Jan 2025
- operationalCoco Delivery Robot at Chicago, Illinois, USA →Midwest · verified Nov 2024
- operationalCoco Bot at Larchmont / Hancock Park →Central LA · verified Jun 2024
- operationalCoco Bot at Helsinki →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalCoco Bot at Venice →verified Jun 2024
- operationalCoco Bot at Hollywood →California · verified Jun 2024
- operationalCoco Bot at Silver Lake →Louisiana · verified Jun 2024
- operationalCoco Bot at West Hollywood →California · verified Jun 2024
View the full Coco Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Coco Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
Is the Coco delivery robot autonomous?
Which sidewalk delivery robot is most deployed?
What is the cheapest sidewalk delivery robot for a commercial operator?
Current leadership (4)
- Daniel Singer Chief Business Officerreported, not verified
- Brad Squicciarini Co-founder & CTOIR-verified
- Zach Rash Co-founder & CEOIR-verified
- Sahil Sharma Chief Operating Officerreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Zach Rashcofounderfounded 2020-01-01
- Brad Squicciarinicofounderfounded 2020-01-01
Board (4)
- Zach Rash director
- Brad Squicciarini director
- Daniel Singer director
- Jeff Kearl director
Safety record
6 incidents on record (1 moderate, 5 minor). Most recent: Jun 2026.
Most recent: Jun 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 Coco Robotics (6)
- Coco delivery robot goes rogue, uproots garden and causes property damage at LA home2026-06-15 · Property damage
- Coco Robotics delivery robot collided with CTA bus shelter in Chicago Old Town, shattering glass2026-03-24 · Property damage
- Coco Robotics delivery robot crashed into CTA bus shelter in Chicago Old Town2026-03-24 · Property damage
- Coco Robotics delivery robot crashed into CTA bus shelter in Chicago Old Town2026-03-24 · Property damage
- Coco delivery robot collided with LAFD ambulance transporting a patient in Hollywood2026-01-23 · 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 Coco Robotics operates (4)
- ChicagoChicago, IL
- LA: West SideLos Angeles, CA
- MiamiMiami, FL
- SF: CoreSan Francisco, CA · 3 devices
Robot-delivery corridors on DEPLOY Ground where Coco Robotics runs a documented fleet.
Operator customers (1)
- Coco Robotics18 deployments
Recent coverage
Coco Robotics in third-party press
Peers
90 peers across 2 segments. Every Coco Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
- Cartkendirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Delivers AIdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Kiwibotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Neolix Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Ottonomydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Refraction AIdirect competitor(inferred)strong
last mile delivery(5)
- Avridedirect competitor(reported)strong
- Kiwibotdirect competitor(reported)strong
- Serve Roboticsdirect competitor(reported)strong
- Starship Technologiesdirect competitor(reported)strong
- Cartkendirect competitor(reported)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $160.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Coco Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Coco Robotics x Niantic Spatial2026-06-15with Niantic Spatialjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Niantic Spatial1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Coco Robotics x Niantic SpatialwithNiantic Spatialtechnology2026-06-15announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (2)
Coco Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $160M in total, oldest to newest.
- Strategic Funding2026-02-15
$80M(reported) · $640M post
- Series B2025-06-11
$80M(reported) · $640M post
Investors: SNR (lead), Pelion Venture Partners, Offline Ventures
Timeline
Every recorded move in Coco Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipCoco Robotics x Niantic Spatial
2026-06-15Niantic Spatial partnered with Coco Robotics to accelerate autonomous delivery. Engineering teams from both companies collaborating.
Funding roundStrategic Funding funding round
2026-02-15Strategic Funding raising $80000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2025-06-11Series B raising $80000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 15, 2026
Coco Delivery Robot at Washington, D.C., USA
- Incident recordedJun 15, 2026
Coco delivery robot goes rogue, uproots garden and causes property damage at LA home
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Introducing Coco 1
- Record createdMay 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedMar 24, 2026
Coco Robotics delivery robot collided with CTA bus shelter in Chicago Old Town,...
Sources (10)
- TechCrunch: Coco raises $36M for sidewalk delivery robots · https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/coco-raises-36m-to-grow-its-fleet-of-remote-piloted-delivery-robots · 2022-09-14
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/11/sam-altman-backed-coco-robotics-raises-80m/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coco-robotics-and-openai-announce-research-collaboration-302400271.html
- https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/wee40ji8v
- https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/06/11/altman-backed-robot-delivery-startup-raises-80-million-in-funding/84148249007/
- https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/coco-robotics-raises-80m-scale-autonomous-delivery-fleet
- https://labusinessjournal.com/technology/coco-delivers-big-results-small-robots/
- https://foodondemand.com/01262026/coco-launches-delivery-pilot-program-in-jersey-city/
- https://nianticspatial.com/en/blog/coco-robotics
- https://thespoon.tech/from-aspiring-pro-surfer-to-delivery-robot-ceo-with-cocos-zach-rash/
Common questions
What is Coco Robotics?
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Is Coco Robotics publicly traded?
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Who is the CEO of Coco Robotics?
How can I invest in Coco Robotics?
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How much funding has Coco Robotics raised?
Who owns Coco Robotics?
Where does Coco Robotics operate robots?
How many robots has Coco Robotics deployed?
Is Coco Robotics a top robotics company?
Are there any incidents involving Coco Robotics?
Is Coco Robotics safe?
Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
Sources by quality tier
- 7
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- 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 Coco Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Coco Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/coco.md
- RSS feed: /companies/coco/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c82ca402-4bb1-4c8b-8203-ca2dfc5fbab3
- Revision history: /companies/coco/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Coco is a robotic delivery service that brings groceries, snacks and drinks.
Occurred on April 10, 2021 / Santa Monica, California, USA I was at a bar in Santa Monica, CA with my friend when a Cocobot rolled by, I had never seen one bef
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Zach Rash, CEO and co-founder of Coco, discusses the success of the delivery services with the autonomous vehicles. For video licensing inquiries, contact:
No horns. No double-parking. No carbon emissions. Coco Robotics is growing by leaps and bounds and AT&T IoT and connectivity helps keep robots moving and the co
In this episode, Zach Rash, CEO and Founder of Coco Robotics, walks us through the journey of building the company—from its inception to its latest advancements
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Coco Robotics draws attention at the 88th percentile but verifies reality at the 85th percentile among sidewalk robots. Hype Gap +3.7, 13th widest among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong deployment footprint with 18 operational sites across 18 countries. Well-capitalized with $160M raised and recent funding activity.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
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: Oct 6, 2026