Zipline
Organization, also known as Zipline International
Zipline has raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation, and Walmart is adding 300 more drone delivery sites.
About
Zipline was founded in 2014 by Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Keenan Wyrobek, Ryan Oksenhorn and Will Hetzler. It began delivering blood to hospitals in Rwanda in 2016 and now delivers restaurant food, retail and healthcare orders in the US and Africa.
It designs the aircraft, flies them and runs the delivery service itself. By its own figures the median October order arrived 19 minutes after checkout, and it has made more than a million deliveries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area this year.
On 5 November it raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation to expand US manufacturing. Uber is targeting one million deliveries a day with Zipline by 2029.
What it makes
- Zip droneElectric aircraft that lowers packages by tether. A new generation flies higher and quieter with heavier loads.
Facts
- Founded
- 2014, South San Francisco
- Valuation
- $21.5 billion (Nov 2026)
- Deliveries
- Over 2 million by Jan 2026
- Median order time
- 19 minutes (Zipline, October 2026)
Latest
- 5 Nov 2026New multi-year Walmart deal to launch 300 more delivery sites.
- 5 Nov 2026Raises $1.5 billion at $21.5 billion, led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global.
- Mar 2026Raises a further $200 million.
- Jan 2026Passes 2 million deliveries, raises over $600 million at $7.6 billion, expands to Houston and Phoenix.
