The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Zipline: 3 models, 18 deployments across 15 regions, $600.0M raised, 1 active incident. 30 sources back the record.
Zipline holds 2 FAA actions, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
American autonomous drone-delivery company (South San Francisco, founded 2014 by Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Keenan Wyrobek, Ryan Oksenhorn, and Will Hetzler). Began with medical delivery in Rwanda and Ghana and expanded to US commercial and healthcare delivery; surpassed 2 million commercial deliveries and raised over $600M in January 2026 at a $7.6B valuation. Operates under FAA Part 135 air-carrier certification.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 18 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries H post-money
Key facts
Founded
Founders
Product
Fundingsee investors →
Countries
Deliveries
Leadership
Patents
Regulatory
Houston drone nest
Phoenix drone nest
P2 autonomous docking
Data & sources
Press releases
3
News coverage
7
Patent documents
18
Web sources
2
30 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Zipline Zip
Zipline Zip autonomous delivery drone for medical supplies, blood, and vaccines. Operational in multiple African countries and US.
Current platform
Zipline Platform 2 (P2)
Zipline's second-generation precision-delivery system: a fixed-wing drone that hovers and lowers a tethered 'droid' to place packages accurately at homes and businesses. Powers the Walmart and US healthcare home-delivery rollouts.
Current platform
Zipline Platform 1 (Zip)
Zipline's fixed-wing long-range delivery drone ('Zip') that air-drops packages by parachute; the workhorse of its Rwanda/Ghana medical-delivery networks and long-range US routes. Millions of deliveries flown.
Zipline on the deployment map
View the global map18 verified deployments across 15 regions, newest verified Jan 2026. Explore where Zipline's robots are operating, by place and type.
- announcedZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Seattle, Washington, USA →verified Jan 2026
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Kaufman, Texas, USA →verified Jan 2026
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Phoenix →verified Jan 2026
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Houston →verified Jan 2026
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Texas →verified Apr 2025
- operationalZipline Platform 1 (Zip) at Ghana →verified Apr 2019
- operationalZipline Platform 1 (Zip) at Ghana →verified Apr 2019
- operationalZipline Platform 1 (Zip) at Rwanda →verified Oct 2016
- operationalZipline Platform 1 (Zip) at Rwanda →verified Oct 2016
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Houston, Texas, USA →
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Austin, Texas, USA →
- operationalZipline Platform 2 (P2) at Ohio →
View the full Zipline deployment record →
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by Zipline, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-01-01 · deadline 2026-12-31
“Four states by end of year”
Zipline is expanding to Texas (Wonder partnership). BayCare partnership covers Florida. Operating in multiple states already. "Four states" may already be met or close to met. https://dronelife.com/2026/06/30/restaurant-drone-delivery-wonder-zipline-texas/
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-01-01
“The largest commercial autonomous system on earth isn't a robotaxi fleet — it's Zipline, which has flown 140 million autonomous miles”
130M+ autonomous miles confirmed on Zipline fact sheet. 2M+ commercial deliveries. This claim is verified — Zipline is the largest commercial autonomous delivery system by miles flown. https://www.zipline.com/about/zipline-fact-sheet
- VerifiedSafety · claimed 2026-01-01
“Zipline has flown more than 130 million autonomous miles, operates on multiple continents, and safely makes a delivery every 30 seconds”
Zipline's own fact sheet, consistent with Wikipedia (2M+ deliveries, 120M+ miles). Multi-continent operations confirmed (Rwanda, Ghana, US, expanding). One delivery every 30 seconds = ~1M deliveries/year rate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery_company)
- Partly trueCapacity · claimed 2024-04-19 · deadline 2026-10-19
“Two and a half years from now we need to be doing a million deliveries a day”
Zipline hit 1M total deliveries in April 2024 (cumulative, not daily). As of January 2026, 2M+ cumulative deliveries. A delivery every 30 seconds = ~2,880/day. The 1M/day target is far from current rate. Zipline is expanding rapidly (BayCare, Wonder, Texas) but 1M/day by October 2026 is highly ambitious. https://www.zipline.com/about/zipline-fact-sheet
Disagree with a status? Zipline can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Zipline, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
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Current leadership (4)
- Keenan Wyrobek Co-Founder & Head of Product/Engineering, Co-founder & CTO / Head of Product & Engineering, Co-Founder, CTO & Product Architectsecondary-verified
- Keller Rinaudo Cliffton Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Ezra Czyzyk executivesince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
- Okeoma Morant executivesince 2019-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (5)
- Keller Rinaudo Clifftoncofounderfounded 2014-01-01
- Keenan Wyrobekcofounderfounded 2014-01-01
- Will Hetzlercofounderfounded 2014-01-01no longer at company
- Ryan Oksenhorncofounderfounded 2014-01-01
- Keenan Wyrobekcofounderfounded 2014-01-01
Former / Previously (2)
- Will Hetzler Co-founder & former COOsecondary-verified
- Matt Steckman Chief Revenue Officersecondary-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
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 Zipline (1)
- Zipline delivery drone crashes in Muhanga District, Rwanda (Jul 2019)2019-07-01 · Malfunction
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.
Operator customers (1)
- Zipline18 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- Zipline Autonomy (Acoustic Detect-and-Avoid)foundation-model · production
Recent coverage
Zipline in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Supplied by (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia Zipline Platform 2 (P2)NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX x2 (two modules: one in the fixed-wing aircraft for sensor fusion; one in the descending delivery droid for autonomous lowering and obstacle avoidance) -- Zipline Platform 2 hybrid delivery systemsupplies
- NVIDIAvia Zipline Platform 1 (Zip)NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX (edge AI compute for acoustic detection and avoidance; processes sensor inputs for autonomous flight and navigation) -- Zipline Platform 1 fixed-wing delivery dronesupplies
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
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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 (3)
- Zipline x Cleveland Clinic (Drone Prescription Delivery) with Cleveland Clinicdeployment
- Zipline x BayCare Health Drone Delivery with BayCare Health Systemdeploymentannounced
- Zipline x Wonder with Wonderdeploymentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
Funding rounds (9)
Zipline’s 9 disclosed rounds, $2.9B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series F2026-06-15
$600M(reported)
- Series H2026-03-23
$800M(reported) · $7.6B post
Investors: Valor Equity Partners (lead), Tiger Global Management, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford
- Series F2026-01-21
$600M(reported) · $7.6B post
- Series F2023-04-01
$330M(reported) · $4.2B post
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), GV (Google Ventures) (strategic), Temasek
- Series E2021-01-01
$250M(reported)
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) (lead), Sequoia Capital
- Series D2019-01-01
$190M(reported)
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) (lead), Sequoia Capital, GV (Google Ventures)
- Series C2018-01-01
$120M(reported)
- Series B2016-01-01
$25M(reported)
Investors: Visionnaire Ventures (lead), Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- Series A2014-01-01
$2M(reported)
Regulatory filings (2)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faacleared
Linked models: Zipline Platform 2 (P2)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faaactive2022-06-22
Linked models: Zipline Platform 1 (Zip)
Patent estate (18)
- US20240140629A1usptopendingassignee
- US20240017860A1usptopendingassignee
- US20240010336A1usptopendingassignee
- US20240428697A1usptopendingassignee
- USD1091457Susptograntedassignee
- US 10,856,891usptograntedgranted 2020-12-29assignee
- US 11,234,567usptograntedgranted 2022-02-15assignee
- US9573684B2usptograntedgranted 2017-02-14assignee
- US9489852B1usptograntedgranted 2016-11-08assignee
- US9777502B2usptograntedgranted 2021-10-12assignee
- US9688404B1usptograntedgranted 2017-06-27assignee
- US11939080B2usptograntedgranted 2024-03-26assignee
- US10789567B1usptograntedgranted 2020-09-29assignee
- US9573684B2usptograntedgranted 2017-02-14assignee
- US9488979B1usptograntedgranted 2016-11-08assignee
- WO2024182800A1wipopendingassignee
- US9307383B1usptograntedgranted 2016-04-26assignee
- US11727817B2usptograntedgranted 2023-08-15assignee
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Zipline Platform 2 docking station
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Zipline logo
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 13, 2026
Zipline Platform 2 (P2) at Austin, Texas, USA
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
2024 Behind the Scenes with Zipline
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Zipline 2023 keynote (Platform 2 reveal)
Sources (12)
- https://www.zipline.com/newsroom/zipline-surpasses-2-million-deliveries-raises-more-than-600m-to-power-next-phase-of-growth-and-expands-operations-to-houston-and-phoenix
- https://www.zipline.com/about/zipline-fact-sheet
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/drone-delivery-startup-zipline-hits-7-6-billion-valuation
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/zipline-charts-drone-delivery-expansion-with-600m-in-new-funding/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/zipline-raises-over-600m-in-funding-surpasses-2m-commercial-drone-deliveries/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/zipline-snaps-up-another-200m-to-fuel-its-drone-delivery-expansion/
- https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/01/21/3222432/0/en/zipline-surpasses-2-million-deliveries-raises-more-than-600m.html
- https://fortune.com/2023/03/22/zipline-ceo-keller-rinaudo-cliffton-logistics-health-care-farmers-walmart/
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/26/zipline-begins-us-medical-delivery-with-uav-program-honed-in-africa/
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/in-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/zipline-charts-drone-delivery-expansion-with-600m-in-new-funding/
- https://www.zipline.com/newsroom/zipline-surpasses-2-million-deliveries-raises-more-than-600m-to-power-next-phase-of-growth-and-expands-operations-to-houston-and-phoenix
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Methodology: Verified · 12 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 3
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Zipline.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Zipline from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Uber Eats adds Zipline drones for ultra-fast deliveries
Uber Eats users could soon have another delivery option alongside human drivers. Uber and drone delivery leader Zipline have announced a long-term partnership that aims to bring…
Uber and Zipline Target One Million Drone Deliveries a Day by 2029
Strategic partnership will bring Zipline drone delivery to Uber Eats customers, starting in existing U.S. markets later this year Uber and Zipline have announced a strategic…
Your lunch may soon drop from the sky
(KRON) -- Don't be surprised if your next turkey sandwich comes flying in. Two Bay Area companies are teaming up to make food deliveries by drone a more common option. Uber and…
Uber is partnering with drone-delivery firm Zipline and targets a million drone deliveries a day
Uber, the ride-hailing giant said on Monday that it is teaming up with Zipline, the autonomous drone-delivery firm, to fly Uber Eats orders to customers across the United States,…
Uber partners with Zipline on Eats drone deliveries
Uber is teaming up with drone company Zipline to start airborne takeout deliveries later this year, with the goal of reaching one million daily drone deliveries by 2029. Uber also…
Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network
Uber is also making investing in Zipline a part of the tie-up.
Cleveland Clinic Launches First Long-Term U.S. Health System Drone Prescription Delivery Program
Partnership with Zipline begins in suburban Cleveland, with plans to expand to lab samples, meals, and other medical supplies Cleveland Clinic has launched a drone delivery…
Cleveland Clinic bets big on prescription delivery by drone
Drone deliveries are becoming increasingly ordinary in America. You can already have groceries, burritos, and household essentials flown to your doorstep in parts of the country.…
Cleveland Clinic Launches Drone Delivery Program for Prescription Medications
Cleveland Clinic launched the first long-term U.S. health system drone prescription delivery program operated by Zipline, serving patients within a five-mile radius of its…
Cleveland Clinic to begin pharmacy drone deliveries in Beachwood - Cleveland.com
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Zipline Accelerates U.S. Growth with 13X Marketplace Expansion, New Leadership Hires, and Launches in Austin and Cleveland
Zipline announced upcoming U.S. launches in Cleveland (healthcare home delivery with Cleveland Clinic) and Austin (food and retail), reported 13X growth in businesses offering…
Can Zipline Make Drone Delivery ‘Mainstream’ in the US as it Fills Out its Exec Team? - RetailWire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/zipline.md
- RSS feed: /companies/zipline/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/42d14bb5-bff5-4976-a287-882a60bfe765
- Revision history: /companies/zipline/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Video
BayCare says Zipline will not have access to any patient information and is expected to launch in late 2027.
The Future of Delivery Is Taking Flight Zipline unveils its latest drone, taking autonomous aerial delivery to the next level. From faster deliveries to expand
Zipline designs and operates autonomous delivery drones that transport medical supplies, retail goods, and hot foods directly to the homes.
Reality vs attention
Zipline draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the 98th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -5.3, 59th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $2.9B raised and recent funding activity. Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Thin IP estate relative to category 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: Aug 17, 2026