Company
Kiwibot
Kiwibot is a Berkeley, California-based autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company that operates small semi-autonomous robots for last-mile food delivery.
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- Berkeley, CA, USA
- Status
- private
Models
2
Overview
Kiwibot is a Berkeley, California-based autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company that operates small semi-autonomous robots for last-mile food delivery. Founded by UC Berkeley students, the company has completed over 150,000 deliveries and partnered with Sodexo to deploy over 1,000 robots across 50 college campuses. Kiwibot provides end-to-end robotic infrastructure for restaurant chains and food delivery aggregators.
Reality check
Note
Corporate entity later operating as 'Robot'
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Robots
Sidewalk delivery robots (food, cargo); also advertising-carrying units
Sectors
Delivery, logistics, advertising, infrastructure inspection
HQ
San Francisco, CA (founded 2017)
wikipedia
wikidata
Product
Kiwibot autonomous sidewalk delivery robot
Deployments
30+ university campuses
Partners
Sodexo, food service operators
CEO
Felipe Chávez Cortés (Co-founder)
Funding
7.5M USD raised
Partnership
Sodexo (1K+ robots, 50 college campuses)
Deliveries
150,000+ completed
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Web sources
8
10 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Kiwibot Delivery Robot
Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot for campus food delivery, deployed at 30+ universities across the US.
Current platform
Kiwibot 4.0
Fourth-generation Kiwibot sidewalk delivery robot. Semi-autonomous with teleoperator oversight; insulated cargo compartment sized for campus food delivery.
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Kiwibot, 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 (4)
- Felipe Chávez Cortés CEO & Co-founderreported, not verified
- Felipe Chavez Cortes Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Sergio Pachon Reyes Co-founder & Presidentsecondary-verified
- David Rodriguez Co-founder & Director, Business & Developmentreported, not verified
Founders (4)
- Felipe Chavez Cortescofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- Sergio Pachon Reyescofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- David Rodriguezcofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- Felipe Chávez Cortéscofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kiwibot.
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
Kiwibot in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon4 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
- Serve Robotics2 models
- Starship Technologies2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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)
- Kiwibot x Grubhub with Grubhubdeployment
Sources (10)
- Kiwibot: Company website · https://www.kiwibot.com
- Wikipedia: Kiwibot · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwibot
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kiwibot-expands-operations-to-four-cities-in-partnership-with-knight-foundation-to-advance-safe-and-equitable-mobility-301367235.html
- https://www.sodexo.com/media/kiwibot-roll-out-USA.html
- https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2025/10/29/kiwibot-turns-into-robotcom-as-sodexo-amazon-web-services-and-skip-deploy-its-technology
- https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kiwibot-announces-funding-teams-with-sodexho-to-take-delivery-bots-to-college
- https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/kiwibot-and-sodexo-to-bring-over-1k-delivery-robots-to-50-college-campuses/618997/
- https://techfundingnews.com/kiwibot-secures-first-of-its-kind-financing-deal-to-expand-their-fleet-of-delivery-robots/
- https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/kiwibot-10M-financing-from-kineo/643297/
- https://www.floridatrend.com/article/33579/miami-based-robotic-delivery-service-called-kiwibot-aims-to-expand-its-fleet-of-robots-by-1200-to-serve-50-college-campuses-nationwide
Common questions
- What is Kiwibot?
- Kiwibot is a Berkeley, California-based autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company that operates small semi-autonomous robots for last-mile food delivery. Founded by UC Berkeley students, the company has completed over 150,000 deliveries and partnered with Sodexo to deploy over 1,000 robots across 50 college campuses. Kiwibot provides end-to-end robotic infrastructure for restaurant chains and food delivery aggregators.
- What does Kiwibot make?
- Kiwibot has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Kiwibot Delivery Robot, Kiwibot 4.0 (Kiwibot builds physical robots).
- Is Kiwibot publicly traded?
- No. Kiwibot is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Kiwibot?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Kiwibot building in the same form factors include Amazon, Avride, Coco Robotics, Daxbot.
- Where is Kiwibot headquartered?
- Kiwibot is headquartered in Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Where does Kiwibot operate robots?
- Kiwibot is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Kiwibot a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Kiwibot ranks in roughly the top 50% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Kiwibot founded?
- Kiwibot was founded in 2017.
- Is Kiwibot safe?
- Kiwibot has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 7
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kiwibot.Peer companies
- Amazon4 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
- Serve Robotics2 models
- Starship Technologies2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kiwibot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
West Hollywood man with cerebral palsy voices concerns after delivery robot crash
A delivery robot collided with a man using a mobility scooter in West Hollywood, raising accessibility and safety concerns about sidewalk delivery robots.
Kiwibot and Sodexo to bring over 1K delivery robots to 50 college campuses
Kiwibot partners with Sodexo to deploy 1,000+ delivery robots across 50 college campuses, after raising 7.5M USD in funding.
Kiwibot Transforms Into Robot.com, Setting Stage for Global Automation
Kiwibot rebrands as Robot.com, expanding its robotic fleet to 1,200 robots serving 50 locations by end of 2022.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kiwibot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kiwibot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1be6da76-d43a-4468-b768-9c18837bcbb4
- Revision history: /companies/kiwibot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon4 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
- Serve Robotics2 models
- Starship Technologies2 models
Video
Delivery is a luxury - but we don't think it should be. That's why we're making it more affordable, by helping couriers with robots.
Four years ago, Kiwibot embarked on a journey to reimagine the future of the last-mile delivery, today we are proud to show you our new Kiwibot 4.0. Today, we r
Join us for the 2025-26 New Zealand V5RC National Championships hosted by Kiwibots. The event kicks off at 9:00am with the Opening Ceremony, with Qualification
Kiwibot robots delivering fast, hot food to NMSU campus community
The city is partnering with Kiwibot to launch up to 10 robots that will explore affordable delivery options in Pittsburgh.
Kiwibot provides a turnkey robotic delivery service for Restaurant chains, delivery apps & Governments. #Robotics #Delivery #Technology For more information, p
Meet Kiwibot, a robotic delivery system with Stereo Camera system: The kiwibots can sense the world more accurately and move in a more precise way. Simulation
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
29.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
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: Jul 9, 2026
Intelligence layer