Overview
- The funding round included Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners and Tiger Global, according to the company.
- Zipline reports more than 2 million commercial deliveries of over 20 million items and 125 million autonomous miles flown.
- U.S. deliveries have grown about 15% week over week in recent months, and the firm says it plans to expand to at least four states in 2026.
- Service is slated to begin in Houston and Phoenix early this year, building on Dallas–Fort Worth operations with Walmart and restaurant partners using P2 drones that carry up to 8 pounds within roughly a 10-mile radius.
- FAA approvals and proposed BVLOS rules are lowering barriers to scale as Zipline vies with Alphabet’s Wing, Amazon Prime Air, DroneUp and Flytrex in the maturing drone delivery market.