Overview
Grubhub is an American online food ordering and delivery platform that deploys autonomous delivery robots through partnerships with Starship Technologies, Serve Robotics, and Avride for last-mile food delivery across US cities and college campuses. Founded in 2004 in Chicago, Grubhub went public on the NYSE (GRUB) in 2014, was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway for $7.3B in 2021, and sold to Wonder Group for $650M in 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
Founders
Status
Parent
Former ticker
Revenue
Employees
AV deployment
Type
CEO
Previous ticker
Acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway
Sale to Wonder Group
Revenue (2020)
Robot delivery partners
Active users (2019)
Restaurants (2019)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Grubhub has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Serve Robotics1× joint7 total
- 2Starship Technologies1× joint8 total
Most recent
- Serve Robotics x Grubhub2026-08-19with Serve Roboticsoperating
- Starship x Grubhub2021-01-01with Starship Technologiesoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Matt Maloney Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Mike Evans Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Matt Maloneyfounded 2004-01-01no longer at company
- Mike Evansfounded 2004-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- Matt Maloney CEO & Co-founder
- Mike Evans Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Grubhub.
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 →
Recent coverage
Grubhub in third-party press
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.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Grubhub has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Serve Robotics x Grubhub2026-08-19with Serve Roboticsoperating
- Starship x Grubhub2021-01-01with Starship Technologiesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Serve Robotics1× joint7 total
- 2Starship Technologies1× joint8 total
Funding rounds (3)
Grubhub’s 3 disclosed rounds, $198M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B
$2M
Investors: Origin Ventures (lead), Leo Capital (co_lead)
- Series A
$1M
Investors: Amicus Capital (lead), Origin Ventures (co_lead)
- IPO2014-04-04
$195M
Timeline
Every recorded move in Grubhub’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipStarship x Grubhub
2021-01-01Grubhub and Starship Technologies partnered to deploy autonomous sidewalk delivery robots across US college campuses (University of Kentucky, UNLV, Wayne State, SMU, Fairfield and more), bringing food delivery to over 170,000 students.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-06
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Grubhub.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Grubhub from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
DoorDash launches an AI agent you can text to order food
By launching an AI agent for food ordering, DoorDash is looking to gain an edge over rivals Uber Eats and Grubhub.
Avride brings bigger food delivery robots to UT
With classes starting up for the fall semester and hungry Vols back on campus, a new and improved Grubhub robot has taken to UT’s sidewalks. Vol Dining recently switched its…
Serve Robotics to deploy its autonomous delivery robots with Grubhub
Serve's robot delivery will be available from more than 100 participating Grubhub merchants in Chicago and nearly 200 in Los Angeles. The post Serve Robotics to deploy its…
Serve Robotics adds Grubhub to delivery network as Diligent rolls out Moxi 2.0
Serve Robotics is expanding its autonomous delivery network through a new partnership with Grubhub, while its Diligent Robotics subsidiary begins rolling out the next generation…
Serve Robotics Adds Grubhub as Delivery Partner, Expands to Two More Cities
Insider Brief Serve Robotics announced it is adding Grubhub to its autonomous delivery network as the sidewalk robot company expands into new markets and rolls out additional…
How Delivery Robots Can Transform the Last Mile
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why the company is shifting toward DoorDash and Grubhub, how delivery robots could cut last-mile costs and…
Serve Robotics Expands DoorDash Deal in Two Cities, Adds Grubhub Post-Uber Riff
Serve Robotics Inc. announced a new partnership with Grubhub and an expansion of its collaboration with DoorDash Inc. to two more US cities, its latest moves following a fallout…
Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers
Checks are being mailed from Grubhub's $23.8 million fine from the FTC after it settled allegations over its business practices.
Notre Dame food delivery robots join mass exodus from college campuses - ndsmcobserver.com
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Food delivery robots to launch on Indiana University campus - The Herald-Times
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IU launches Grubhub food delivery robots on Bloomington campus - The Bloomingtonian
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Grubhub delivery robots to activate on campus - IU Today
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/grubhub.md
- RSS feed: /companies/grubhub/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/12fb872d-45a2-45a8-aa40-f982b6dc5040
- Revision history: /companies/grubhub/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
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
Not enough verified signal yet to place Grubhub against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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 2, 2026