Zipline

• Zipline Platform 2

• Commercial activity

  2016-10-14 - Rwanda launched a national Zipline medical drone delivery service for on-demand blood deliveries, initially serving 21 facilities with capacity for up to 150 deliveries per day. - Zipline medical drone delivery network - Rwanda national medical delivery network

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Supply chain relationships

• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Zipline's autonomous delivery drones use NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX compute

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• 2026-01-21 - Series F - >$600M - Zipline raises $600M to expand autonomous drone delivery network

  valuation: $7.6B - Zipline raised more than $600 million to expand its autonomous delivery network, taking its post-round valuation to $7.6 billion. - source: reuters.com

• 2021-07-01 - Growth financing - $250M - Zipline raises USD 250M to scale drone delivery

  valuation: $2.75B - Zipline raised USD 250 million to scale drone delivery services across healthcare, retail and logistics markets. - source: dronelife.com

• Baillie Gifford - Participant - Investment Firm - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-07-01 - latest 2026-01-21
• Fidelity Management & Research Company - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-21
• Goldman Sachs - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-07-01
• GV - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-07-01
• Katalyst Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-07-01
• Temasek - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-07-01
• The Rise Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-07-01
• Tiger Global - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-21
• Valor Equity Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-21

• Keller Rinaudo Cliffton - Co-Founder and CEO - Leads Zipline's autonomous drone delivery business and regulatory expansion for automated logistics networks.

Events

• 2026-09-17 - Market Signal - Zipline in talks to raise around USD 1B at a USD 20B valuation

  Paradigm, an existing investor, is in discussions to lead the round, with previous backer Tiger Global Management also considering participation. The valuation under discussion would be close to three times the USD 7.6 billion Zipline reached in an USD 800 million round earlier in 2026. Zipline customers include Chipotle, Jimmy John's and Walmart, and Uber is to begin food deliveries through the company later this year under a deal including an undisclosed investment.

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• 2026-09-09 - Regulatory - Zipline Côte d’Ivoire ten-hub medical drone expansion receives cabinet approval

  The agreement was signed in December 2025 and runs for eight years. Zipline plans nine additional centres beyond its operating Daloa hub. At full rollout, the company projects service to more than 2,200 health facilities and 12 million people.

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• 2026-07-01 - Partnership - BayCare and Zipline plan healthcare drone delivery network in Florida

  The network is planned for lab samples, medications and critical supplies between facilities and directly to patients homes. BayCare expects the service to launch in late 2027, beginning in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater area. Zipline will provide the autonomous drone delivery technology for the healthcare network.

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• 2026-06-30 - Partnership - Zipline and Wonder partner on Texas drone-delivered meals

  The rollout is planned to begin in January 2027 at select locations in Dallas. Wonder expects expansion to the majority of its Texas footprint by the end of 2027. Zipline said it has completed more than 2.5 million autonomous deliveries to date.

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• 2026-01-21 - Funding - Zipline raises $600M to expand autonomous drone delivery network

  Scales aerial logistics platform across healthcare and commercial delivery Expands infrastructure for high-frequency autonomous delivery operations Reinforces position as leading real-world deployed drone delivery system

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• 2026-01-21 - Market Signal - Zipline surpasses 2 million commercial deliveries

  • Zipline announced it has completed over 2 million commercial deliveries as of January 21, 2026. • The company also raised more than $600 million in funding, valuing it at $7.6 billion. • Additionally, Zipline plans to expand operations to Houston and Phoenix in early 2026.

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• 2025-04-09 - Deployment - Zipline launches P2 home delivery with Walmart in Texas

  Extends autonomous delivery operations across additional US regions Targets suburban last-mile logistics using P2 platform Marks transition from pilot programs to scaled commercial deployment

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• 2023-10-05 - Deployment - Zipline expands national medical drone delivery networks across multiple countries

  Scales delivery of blood, vaccines, and medical supplies at national level Operates high-frequency autonomous logistics in real-world conditions Strengthens position as critical healthcare infrastructure provider

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• 2023-05-10 - Partnership - Zipline partners with healthcare and retail providers to expand autonomous delivery use cases

  Broadens applications beyond emergency medical logistics Integrates drone delivery into retail and pharmacy workflows Supports transition toward multi-sector logistics platform

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• 2023-03-15 - Product Launch - Zipline unveils next-generation P2 Zip autonomous delivery system

  Introduces new drone platform with precision droid-based delivery mechanism Enables quiet, targeted drop-offs for urban and suburban environments Expands beyond medical logistics into retail and consumer delivery

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• 2022-04-21 - Deployment - Toyota Tsusho and Zipline launch autonomous medical deliveries in Japan

  Toyota Tsusho and Zipline launched autonomous, on-demand deliveries of medical supplies in Japan on April 21, 2022. Toyota Tsusho uses Zipline's instant logistics system to serve the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. The deployment gives Toyota Tsusho a direct operating role in regional medical drone logistics.

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• 2021-07-01 - Funding - Zipline raises USD 250M to scale drone delivery

  The financing valued Zipline at USD 2.75 billion. The capital supported expansion in Africa, Japan and the United States. The capital supports unmanned aircraft, air mobility or counter-drone operations as Zipline moves toward broader commercial use.

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• 2020-09-14 - Partnership - Walmart and Zipline team up for U.S. drone delivery service

  The service was planned for Northwest Arkansas. The partnership brought Zipline autonomous delivery technology into a U.S. retail test lane.

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• 2016-10-14 - Deployment - Zipline powers Rwanda national medical drone delivery launch

  The service targeted up to 150 emergency deliveries per day. Zipline drones served 21 transfusing facilities in western Rwanda at launch. The deployment places The company's technology into unmanned aircraft, air mobility or counter-drone operations beyond a lab-only setting.

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Profile notes

• Zipline operates two materially different delivery systems in parallel

  reviewed 2026-07-18 - Zipline's Platform 1 uses fixed-wing aircraft, launchers and recovery equipment for longer-range hub-and-spoke delivery. Platform 2 uses a different aircraft and a tethered delivery device for precise home and urban delivery.

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Relationships

• Wonder

  Meal Delivery Partner - Wonder and Zipline announced a Texas drone-delivered meals rollout starting in Dallas in January 2027.

• Sora-iina

  Robot Deployment - Sora-iina, a Toyota Tsusho Group company, operates Zipline-powered drone delivery for medical and pharmaceutical supplies in Japan.

• Toyota Tsusho

  Deployment Partner - Toyota Tsusho operates Zipline-powered medical/pharmaceutical drone delivery in Japan through Sora-iina local operations.

• Rwanda Ministry of Health

  Deployment Customer - Zipline powered Rwanda national medical drone delivery launch.

• Uber

  Drone Delivery Platform Partnership - Zipline and Uber partnered to offer Zipline drone delivery through Uber Eats in U.S. markets.

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Context tags

• Drone delivery operations - Workflow - Zipline drones perform autonomous delivery flights to fulfillment hubs.
• Autonomous delivery flight - Capability - Zipline drones execute autonomous flight and parachute/tether delivery.
• Drone delivery OEM - Stack Layer - Zipline builds complete drone delivery aircraft and delivery systems.
• Autonomous drone operations - Capability - Zipline drones operate autonomously for delivery route execution.
• Unmanned aircraft OEM - Stack Layer - Zipline builds complete unmanned aircraft for delivery operations.
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Zipline has scaled commercial drone delivery operations.
• Aerial delivery networks - Customer Environment - Zipline serves the aerial delivery and healthcare logistics network.