Delivers AI

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Delivers AI, 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?

  A sidewalk delivery robot is a small autonomous wheeled vehicle that operates in the sidewalk regulatory regime (not roads) for last-mile delivery of food, packages, and small goods. Per DEPLOY's framework, the cohort enumerates as: Starship Technologies (canonical scaled commercial, multi-country, millions of deliveries) + Coco + Serve Robotics (NASDAQ SERV; Uber Eats partnership) + Kiwibot + Avride + Cartken (hardware-sale; ex-Google founders; Mitsubishi + Uber Eats + Melco ~100-Hauler order) + Ottonomy (RaaS-lease ~$999/mo) + Refraction AI + Delivers AI + (Amazon Scout discontinued Oct 6 2022 + FedEx Roxo paused 2022 + Tortoise shut down 2023 as wind-down record). Business model spectrum: hardware sale (Cartken) vs RaaS-lease (Ottonomy + Refraction) vs captive service (Starship + Delivers AI). State-by-state regulatory variation is the canonical operational gate. Wind-down record is honest editorial signal, not smoothed.

Current leadership (2)

• Ali Kutay Yarali Founder & CEO
• Oral Yigitkus Co-founder

Safety record

No incidents on record for Delivers AI.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Peer companies

• Amazon4 models
• Avride2 models
• Coco Robotics2 models
• Daxbot2 models
• Kiwibot2 models
• Serve Robotics2 models

Financial state

Reporting basis

private_reported

Lifecycle stage

mature

Counterparty risk class

low

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Funding rounds (2)

• Series A2024-07-01

  $4M(reported)

  Investors: Japan Post Capital (lead), Turkiye Development Fund, IMPETUS Capital, Istanbul Technical University

• Seed2021-01-01

  Investors: EIT Urban Mobility (lead)

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

• Verified media added✓VerifiedJun 5, 2026

  Delivers AI sidewalk delivery robot

• Record createdJun 3, 2026

  Added to the verified registry

• Deployment verified✓VerifiedMay 5, 2022

  Delivers AI robot (YEBO) at Istanbul

• Deployment verified✓VerifiedJan 1, 2022

  Delivers AI robot (YEBO) at Madrid

• Deployment verified✓VerifiedJan 1, 2021

  Delivers AI robot (YEBO) at Istanbul

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Sources (5)

1. https://www.ottomate.news/p/delivers-ai-launches-robot-delivery ↗
2. https://thespoon.tech/delivers-ai-robots-making-deliveries-in-turkey/ ↗
3. https://www.impetus.capital/delivers-ai-revolutionizing-last-mile-delivery-with-autonomous-platform/ ↗
4. https://www.eit.europa.eu/news-events/news/deliversai-eit-urban-mobility-supported-start-shows-its-first-autonomous-grocery ↗
5. https://tech.eu/2024/08/02/deliversai-raises-new-funding-to-hit-4m-total/ ↗

Common questions

What is Delivers AI?

Delivers.ai is a UK-based autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company founded in 2020 by Turkish entrepreneurs Ali Kutay Yarali and Oral Yigitkus. The company has completed over 100,000 deliveries for partners including EVRI, Carrefour, SPAR, Glovo, and Delivery Hero across Europe, the US, and Japan. Its robots use visual navigation, GPS positioning, and a telemonitoring system for safe autonomous operation on urban sidewalks. The company is relocating production from Istanbul to Haskovo, Bulgaria, with plans to manufacture 1,000 robots over two years.

What does Delivers AI make?

Delivers AI has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Delivers AI robot (YEBO) (Delivers AI builds physical robots).

Who competes with Delivers AI?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Delivers AI building in the same form factors include Amazon, Avride, Coco Robotics, Daxbot.

Who is the CEO of Delivers AI?

Ali Kutay Yarali is the ceo of Delivers AI, per the DEPLOY registry.

Where is Delivers AI headquartered?

Delivers AI is headquartered in London, UK.