Serve Robotics

• Serve Gen 3 Delivery Robot

• Commercial activity

  2026-08-17 - Serve expanded DoorDash delivery into San Jose and Washington, D.C.; the Washington operation uses parking-facility micro-depots for charging, dispatch and maintenance. - DoorDash delivery expansion announced 17 August 2026 - San Jose and Washington, D.C.

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• Customer site

  2026-06-03 - Serve Robotics launched an autonomous sidewalk laundry delivery pilot with NoScrubs in Los Angeles. - single named pilot market - Los Angeles

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• Customer site

  2026-03-18 - Serve Robotics launched autonomous sidewalk delivery for White Castle orders through Uber Eats in active service areas. - named restaurant delivery rollout - Serve Robotics active service areas

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• Commercial activity

  2024-06-27 - Serve Robotics expanded delivery operations into Koreatown in Los Angeles. - single neighborhood expansion - Koreatown, Los Angeles

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• Operating use

  2021-03-02 - Serve reported that its Postmates-era delivery robots completed more than 10,000 commercial deliveries before the 2021 spinout. - Postmates-era delivery programme

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Supply chain relationships

• Magna

  Inbound - Manufacturing - Magna is Serve Robotics' exclusive contract manufacturer for autonomous delivery robots

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• Ouster

  Inbound - Perception - Ouster supplies OS digital LiDAR sensors for Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robots

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• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Robotics Compute And Software - Serve Robotics uses NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin onboard its third-generation delivery robots

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• AVerMedia

  Inbound - Compute & Control - AVerMedia supplies custom camera carrier boards and embedded-computing integration for Serve delivery robots

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• 2022-03-08 - Strategic investment - $10M - Serve Robotics raises $10M Strategic investment

  Serve Robotics completed a $10M Strategic investment financing on 2022-03-08. - source: techcrunch.com

• 2021-12-06 - Seed extension - $13M - Serve Robotics raises USD 13M seed extension

  Serve Robotics raised USD 13 million in expanded seed funding from strategic investors for sidewalk delivery robots. - source: serverobotics.gcs-web.com

• 7-Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-06
• DX Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-06
• Uber - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-06
• Wavemaker Labs - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-06

• SERV - NASDAQ

• Ali Kashani - Co-founder and CEO - His background connects Serve sidewalk delivery robots to last-mile logistics and delivery-platform operations.

Events

• 2026-08-17 - Deployment - Serve expands DoorDash robot delivery to San Jose and Washington

  San Jose and Washington, D.C. are the two newly disclosed DoorDash markets in the expansion. The Washington rollout uses existing parking facilities for robot charging, dispatch and maintenance. Serve says the micro-depot model is intended to reduce the cost and time required to enter additional neighbourhoods.

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• 2026-08-17 - Partnership - Serve Robotics begins Grubhub delivery partnership in three US markets

  The agreement adds Grubhub parent Wonder as a new delivery-platform partner for Serve. Serve robots are available to Grubhub customers in Chicago, Los Angeles and Alexandria, Virginia. Grubhub also introduced Chomp, a branded Serve robot character for selected customer and marketing experiences.

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• 2026-08-06 - Market Signal - Serve cuts 2026 revenue outlook after lower Uber Eats volume

  The revised outlook reflects lower-than-expected Uber Eats delivery volume, including a sequential decline during Q2 and removal of projected second-half demand. Revenue still increased 9% from Q1, while DoorDash-derived revenue grew nearly 50% sequentially. Serve ended the quarter with $240.4 million in cash and equivalents as it continued expanding its delivery-robot network.

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• 2026-06-03 - Deployment - Serve Robotics launches autonomous laundry delivery pilot with NoScrubs in Los Angeles

  The pilot is Serve's first commercial urban-delivery partnership outside prepared food and uses its existing sidewalk-robot fleet and autonomy stack. Serve positioned laundry as an entry into recurring local-commerce categories including dry cleaning, retail, pharmacy and grocery.

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• 2026-05-07 - Market Signal - Serve Robotics Q1 update shows multi-domain robot fleet scale after Diligent acquisition

  Serve Robotics reported Q1 2026 revenue of $3.0M, up 238% sequentially and 578% year over year. Following the Diligent Robotics acquisition, Serve said it operated as a unified business across sidewalk delivery and healthcare robotics in Q1. The combined operating footprint reached 44 cities across 14 states, with approximately 2,000 robots deployed and the company shifting focus from fleet expansion to revenue per robot.

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• 2026-04-07 - Demonstration - Serve Robotics demos Maggie conversational robot at NVIDIA GTC

  Maggie uses T-Mobile 5G Advanced and edge computing for low-latency interaction. The demo extended Serve Robotics beyond delivery navigation into real-time human-robot interaction. The demonstration validates The company's technology in commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.

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• 2026-03-18 - Deployment - Serve Robotics launches White Castle delivery on Uber Eats

  Serve Robotics launched autonomous sidewalk delivery for White Castle orders through Uber Eats in its service areas The rollout expands Serve's restaurant delivery footprint with a national quick-service brand Orders are fulfilled through Serve's robot delivery network and ordered via the Uber Eats platform

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• 2026-05-07 - Acquisition - Serve Robotics Completes $29M Acquisition of Diligent Robotics

  Serve completed the stock acquisition on January 27, 2026 for $29 million, with a potential additional earnout of up to $5.3 million. Diligent developed Moxi, an autonomous hospital-delivery robot used at more than 25 U.S. hospitals and credited with over 1.25 million deliveries. The acquisition extends Serve’s autonomous-robotics platform into indoor healthcare workflows.

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• 2025-12-12 - Deployment - Serve Robotics deploys 2,000 delivery robots across U.S. cities

  Serve Robotics reported more than 2,000 deployed delivery robots on December 12, 2025, meeting its annual fleet target. The rollout covered markets including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago and Alexandria, Virginia. Serve linked the twentyfold fleet expansion to Uber Eats and DoorDash demand, Gen 3 robot introduction and a reported 99.8% delivery completion rate.

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• 2025-10-06 - Deployment - Serve deploys 1,000th Gen 3 delivery robot

  Serve Robotics announced deployment of its 1,000th third-generation robot on October 6, 2025. More than 380 Gen 3 robots entered service during September across communities in multiple U.S. markets. The milestone kept Serve on schedule for its stated target of 2,000 deployed delivery robots by the end of 2025.

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• 2025-06-26 - Deployment - Serve Robotics and Uber Eats expand robot delivery to Buckhead

  • Serve Robotics launched its autonomous delivery robots in Atlanta, including the Buckhead neighborhood, in partnership with Uber Eats. • Customers ordering from participating restaurants in these areas may now receive their meals via Serve's robots. • This expansion follows previous deployments in Los Angeles, Miami, and Dallas–Fort Worth.

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• 2025-11-14 - Acquisition - Serve Robotics acquires Voysys and related Phantom Auto assets

  Serve Robotics acquired Voysys AB and related Phantom Auto assets on 1 April 2025. The transaction added ultra-low-latency video streaming, connectivity and teleoperation technology to Serve’s autonomous-delivery platform. Voysys continued as a standalone operation serving existing and new customers; Serve reported approximately US$5.75 million in cash consideration.

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• 2025-01-07 - Regulatory - Serve Robotics announces $80M registered direct offering

  Serve Robotics announced an $80 million registered direct offering of common stock with institutional investors. The filing states 4,210,525 common shares were sold with expected gross proceeds of about $80 million before fees. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.

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• 2024-06-27 - Deployment - Serve Robotics expands delivery operations into Koreatown in Los Angeles

  Serve Robotics expanded its live sidewalk delivery operations into Koreatown in Los Angeles as part of its broader U.S. geographic rollout. The company began onboarding local merchants with Uber Eats, and Koreatown residents could receive orders fulfilled by Serve delivery robots. Serve said the expansion followed collaboration with Los Angeles city government and local stakeholders, extending its operational footprint in a dense urban delivery environment.

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• 2024-04-24 - Partnership - Magna becomes exclusive manufacturer for Serve delivery robots

  Manufacturing capacity would support Serve’s plan for up to 2,000 robots on Uber Eats across multiple U.S. markets. The arrangement extends a February 2024 non-exclusive licence allowing Magna to develop robotics and logistics products using Serve technology.

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• 2023-08-10 - Market Signal - Serve Robotics completes go-public transaction with $30M financing

  Serve Robotics paired a go-public transaction with $30 million in financing. The transaction was announced on 2023-08-10. Serve Robotics develops and operates autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for urban last-mile food and goods delivery.

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• 2023-05-30 - Partnership - Serve Robotics signs Uber delivery-robot scaling agreement

  Serve’s commercial agreement with Uber allows its sidewalk delivery robots to operate on Uber Eats in multiple U.S. markets, with up to 2,000 robots planned. The announcement followed Serve’s first year in Los Angeles, where more than 200 restaurants were participating and robotic deliveries had grown more than 30% month over month. Serve described the agreement as a step toward mass commercialization, building on completed deliveries in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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• 2022-03-08 - Funding - Serve Robotics raises $10M Strategic investment

  Serve Robotics completed a Strategic investment financing of $10M. The financing was announced on 2022-03-08 in USD. Serve Robotics develops and operates autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for urban last-mile food and goods delivery.

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• 2022-01-11 - Partnership - Ouster and Serve Robotics Sign Multi-Year Strategic Agreement to Support Expansion of Autonomous Delivery Fleets

  Ouster and Serve Robotics signed a multi-year strategic agreement for supply of Ouster digital lidar sensors. Serve is using the sensors in sidewalk delivery robots to support expansion of autonomous fleet operations.

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• 2021-12-06 - Funding - Serve Robotics raises USD 13M seed extension

  Participants included Uber, Delivery Hero-backed DX Ventures, 7-Eleven venture arm 7-Ventures and Wavemaker Labs. The funding followed Serve Robotics spinning out of Postmates in 2021. The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Serve Robotics moves toward broader commercial use.

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• 2021-03-02 - Company Formation - Serve spins out from Postmates

  The robotics programme began inside Postmates in 2017. The company spun out in 2021. Uber became an investor at the spinout.

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Profile notes

• Serve's delivery robots continued from Postmates through an independent spinout

  reviewed 2026-07-18 - Serve began in 2017 as Postmates' internal robotics division and completed deliveries for Postmates before Uber acquired the parent company. In 2021 Uber contributed the division's intellectual property, patents, contracts, hardware and equipment to a newly independent Serve company in exchange for a minority interest.

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Relationships

• AVerMedia

  Robot Oem Partner - AVerMedia supplies custom camera carrier boards and embedded-computing integration for Serve delivery robots.

• DoorDash

  Delivery Platform Deployment Partner - Serve expanded DoorDash robot delivery into San Jose and Washington, D.C., using a micro-depot model in Washington.

• NoScrubs

  Robot Deployment Pilot - Serve Robotics launched an autonomous sidewalk laundry delivery pilot with NoScrubs in Los Angeles.

• White Castle

  Robot Deployment - Serve Robotics launched autonomous sidewalk delivery for White Castle orders through Uber Eats in active service areas.

• Voysys

  Owned Teleoperation Software Company - Voysys operates as a Serve Robotics-owned teleoperation software subsidiary following Serve’s 2025 acquisition.

• Phantom Auto

  Acquired Assets - Serve Robotics has a public acquisition relationship with Phantom Auto.

• Vayu Robotics

  Acquired Autonomy Technology Company - Serve Robotics acquired Vayu Robotics to add foundation-model navigation and simulation capabilities to its delivery-robot autonomy stack.

• Grubhub / Wonder

  Robot Delivery Platform Partner - Serve Robotics began providing sidewalk robot delivery for Grubhub customers in Chicago, Los Angeles and Alexandria, Virginia.

• Uber

  Commercial Delivery Partner - Serve and Uber announced a commercial partnership to scale autonomous sidewalk delivery on Uber Eats.

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Context tags

• Sidewalk delivery network - Stack Layer - Serve operates delivery robots through enterprise delivery networks.
• Robot fleet operations - Capability - Serve has reported large fleet expansion and delivery network operation.
• Sidewalk delivery robotics - Peer Group - Serve builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for local food and last-mile delivery.
• Sidewalk last-mile delivery - Workflow - Serve robots deliver food and local goods on sidewalks and short-distance urban routes.
• Sidewalk autonomy - Capability - Serve describes its fleet as Level 4 autonomous in complex urban environments.
• Sidewalks and campuses - Customer Environment - Serve robots operate in sidewalks and urban delivery zones.
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Commercially deployed in multiple US cities
• Last-mile delivery - Workflow - Core product: sidewalk autonomous delivery
• Autonomous navigation - Capability - Autonomous sidewalk navigation and delivery routing
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Builds complete autonomous delivery robot platform
• Service-delivery robotics workflow - Workflow - Core peer group: autonomous delivery robotics
• Indoor service delivery - Workflow - Potential indoor delivery and service applications
• Warehouses - Customer Environment - Restaurant and retail delivery supply chain environments