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Uber to Launch Zipline Drone Deliveries in 2026

8/17/2026

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Summary

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that Uber will launch Zipline drone deliveries in the United States in 2026 and take an undisclosed equity stake.
The partnership aims for one million U.S. deliveries per day by the end of 2029.
Pilot cities include Houston, Phoenix, and sites in Texas and Ohio, with five-to-ten-minute orders using Platform 2 drones.
Zipline was valued at $7.6 billion after an $800 million funding round.

History

Historical Context

After Amazon announced Prime Air in 2013 and the FAA issued its first Part 135 waiver for 1,000 test flights in 2016, Alphabet’s Wing earned the U.S. air operator’s certificate in April 2019 and logged over 50,000 deliveries by early 2022. Building on that regulatory breakthrough, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi now partners with Zipline to target one million U.S. drone deliveries per day by 2029.

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Story summary

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that Uber will launch Zipline drone deliveries in the United States in 2026 and take an undisclosed equity stake.
The partnership aims for one million U.S. deliveries per day by the end of 2029.
Pilot cities include Houston, Phoenix, and sites in Texas and Ohio, with five-to-ten-minute orders using Platform 2 drones.
Zipline was valued at $7.6 billion after an $800 million funding round.

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