Starship Technologies is building sidewalk robots into campus delivery operations
Nine million deliveries, 2,700 robots, and more than 60 U.S. campuses give Starship a sidewalk-delivery operating record.
Starship Technologies announced a $50 million Series C on October 15, 2025. It reported more than 9 million deliveries, over 12 million miles travelled and a fleet exceeding 2,700 robots.
The company said it planned to expand the fleet to more than 12,000 robots by 2027. That target is still forward-looking, but the existing base is unusually concrete for last-mile robotics: more than 30 European cities, more than 60 U.S. university campuses, and 270-plus locations across seven countries.
Starship was launched in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis.
Starship reported passing 8 million deliveries and 2,000 robots in April 2025. Both totals had increased by October, when the company also reported roughly two autonomous road crossings per second across its fleet. Source
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