Zipline

Instant logistics for all humans - drone delivery for food, groceries, and medicine

Logistics 📍 South San Francisco, California Founded 2014

Current Valuation

$6.9B

as of 2026-Q1

UNICORN

Zipline International Inc. is an American company that designs, manufactures, and operates autonomous delivery drones. Founded in March 2014, Zipline operates the world's largest instant logistics system with distribution centers across the United States, Rwanda, Ghana, Japan, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and Kenya. The company delivers blood products, vaccines, medical supplies, food, groceries, and consumer goods through its Platform 1 (long-distance) and Platform 2 (short-range VTOL) drone systems. Zipline partners with major retailers including Walmart and Chipotle, as well as governments and healthcare systems globally.

Company Profile

CEO

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton

Founded

2014

South San Francisco, California

Employees

1001-5000

Total Raised

$2.0B

Growth

Rapid expansion with 15% weekly delivery growth in US during 2025, surpassed 2 million commercial deliveries and 120+ million autonomous miles flown, expanding to multiple new US cities and African countries

Last Round

Series H — $800M (Mar 2026)

IPO Status

Private

Founders & Key People

Keller Rinaudo ClifftonKeenan WyrobekRyan OksenhornWilliam Hetzler

Investors

Fidelity · Baillie Gifford · Valor Equity Partners · Tiger Global · Paradigm · Temasek · Goldman Sachs · Katalyst Ventures · TPG · The Rise Fund · Toyota Tsusho · Sequoia · Andreessen Horowitz · Google Ventures · Felicis · SV Angel · Grishin Robotics · Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Emerging Capital Partners · Reinvent Capital · Visionnaire Ventures · BoxGroup · Slow Ventures · AME Cloud Ventures

Products

Platform 1 (P1) - fixed-wing drones for long-distance delivery up to 120 miles
Platform 2 (P2) - VTOL drones for short-range residential delivery up to 8 lbs within 10 miles
P2 Zip autonomous delivery platform
Healthcare delivery (blood products, vaccines, medical supplies)
Walmart partnership for consumer goods delivery
Chipotle partnership (Zipotle) for food delivery
Consumer and retail deliveries
Veterinary goods and animal DNA delivery

Competitors

Amazon Prime Air · Wing (Alphabet/Google) · Matternet · Manna Aero · Flytrex · UPS Flight Forward · DroneUp

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