Zipline is launching healthcare drone delivery with Cleveland Clinic. It hired Tesla and Waymo veterans to scale.
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Zipline’s marketplace grew 13x in H1 2026. It hit 2.5M deliveries, flies more daily than major airlines, and is launching healthcare delivery with Cleveland Clinic.
Zipline said the number of businesses offering delivery through its app grew 13 times during the first half of 2026. The autonomous drone delivery company has now completed more than 2.5 million commercial deliveries, including one million in the last year alone, and says it operates more flights per day than major US airlines. Roughly 70% of its flights take place in the United States.
The company is launching in two new markets. In Cleveland, Zipline will start its first US healthcare home delivery service with Cleveland Clinic, delivering prescriptions to eligible patients at no additional cost in the Beachwood suburb. The programme will expand to lab samples, medically tailored meals, and hospital-at-home materials. In Austin, customers will be able to receive food and...
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