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, sweetened by an undisclosed strategic investment.
It is a striking vote of confidence in a company that has spent the past year busily pivoting from hospital drops to suburban lunch runs, and it hands Uber a way to move food that involves no driver, no car, and no fight for a parking space.
The rollout will begin later in 2026 in Zipline’s existing American markets, among them Houston, Phoenix, and pockets of Texas and Ohio, before spreading to dozens of further cities.
Both companies insist the ambition is enormous: one million drone deliveries a day by the end of 2029, or more than 365 million a year.
Uber’s chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, framed it in the register the industry favours,...
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