Serve Robotics
Nasdaq-listed San Francisco company that builds and runs AI-driven sidewalk delivery robots and, since buying Diligent Robotics, hospital service robots.
- Zipline raises more than $600 million at a $7.6 billion valuation as its drone deliveries pass 2 million
Zipline said on January 21, 2026 that it raised more than $600 million at a $7.6 billion valuation from investors including Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners and Tiger Global. The drone delivery operator has passed two million commercial deliveries, says US volumes grew about 15% a week for seven months, and will launch in Houston and Phoenix before entering at least four new states in 2026.
Mentioned - Serve Robotics buys hospital robot maker Diligent for $29 million in stock, taking its sidewalk autonomy indoors
Serve Robotics agreed on January 19, 2026 to acquire Diligent Robotics, maker of the Moxi hospital delivery robot, for Serve common stock valued at $29.0 million including a potential $5.3 million earnout, and closed the deal on January 27. SEC filings show that a $19.0 million cash payment for Diligent's debt cut the stock actually issued at closing to 32,835 shares.
Acquirer - DoorDash unveils Dot, an in-house road and sidewalk delivery robot, and an AI dispatcher to run it alongside Dashers
DoorDash on September 30, 2025 introduced Dot, an all-electric delivery robot built by DoorDash Labs that travels up to 20 mph on bike lanes, roads, sidewalks and driveways. Early access starts in Tempe and Mesa, Arizona, with an Autonomous Delivery Platform that assigns each order to a Dasher, Dot, drone or sidewalk robot.
Mentioned - Trump orders a BVLOS drone rule within 30 days and a Buy American push, turning US drone policy from bans into industrial policy
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on June 6, 2025 that direct the FAA to propose a rule for routine beyond visual line of sight drone flights within 30 days and finalise it within 240 days, order agencies to prioritise US-made drones, and tell the Pentagon to widen its Blue UAS list. A companion order creates a federal task force on airspace sovereignty and expands counter-drone powers ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympics.
Mentioned - LG Electronics takes 51% of Bear Robotics and hands it the CLOi service robot business, four weeks after Samsung moved on Rainbow
LG Electronics' board voted on 22 January 2025 to exercise a call option for another 30% of Silicon Valley delivery robot maker Bear Robotics, lifting its stake to 51% and making the start-up a subsidiary. LG will move its CLOi commercial robot unit under Bear and keep chief executive John Ha in charge, but has not said what it paid for the second tranche.
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