Ottonomy is approaching robotic delivery with a mind toward scaling where it can operate now as the broader robotic delivery industry matures. CEO Ritukar Vijay has a deep background in robotics, working for nearly 14 years on unmanned aerial drones, warehouse...
Serve Robotics just raised $13 million in a seed extension round to grow its sidewalk delivery bot operations in new markets and with new partners. The company was built inside Postmates under the company’s Postmates X division that explored cutting-edge...
When HungerRush acquired OrderAI last December, it was a novel way to execute all the no-contact orders out there, but now HungerRush CEO Perry Turbes wants to go a few steps further. “This is a little futuristic, but it’s the way I talk about it...
At the bleeding edge of robotic restaurant operations, Blendid is rethinking the smoothie bar. It’s out in the wild, ahead of the tests and prototypes across the robotic restaurant space, and there are some interesting learnings from the real world. Blendid is...
A new partnership between ItsaCheckmate, a delivery aggregator and menu management company, and cloud point-of-sale provider Square aims to create a streamlined experience for customers of both companies. ItsaCheckmate founder and CEO Vishal Agarwal said the...
Automated vehicle company Nuro landed a fresh $600 million Series D fundraising round and brought in some notable investors as it reached a valuation of $8.6 billion. Nuro, the company behind a growing fleet of Smart-car-sized automated delivery vehicles, attracted a...
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