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Zipline

Zipline makes Zipline, which is at stage 5 of 5: regulator-cleared or mass market.

Website: zipline.com
Based in: United States
Latest milestone: 16 Oct 2026

01Robots

What Zipline makes

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ZiplineDrones · Delivery drone serviceStage 5 of 5 · Regulator-cleared or mass marketZipline flies small self-flying drones that drop off packages, food and medicine. In the US it runs drone delivery for Walmart and for hospital systems.Walmart deliveries around Dallas-Fort Worth and in northwest Arkansas, prescription deliveries for Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and a Houston-area site; more Texas cities are in FAA review.The full record

02Track record

Every dated event

16 Oct 2026Milestone
DroneXL counts more than 30 Zipline sites across the US, with more being added.
DroneXL Zipline operator tracker, updated 16 Oct 2026Company-reported
4 Sept 2026Safety
A Zipline drone opened its parachute on the way to a pickup and landed on Highway 6 in Cypress, near Houston. DroneXL reports no injuries or damage.
DroneXL Zipline operator tracker, updated 16 Oct 2026
3 Aug 2026Milestone
Cleveland Clinic announced it had begun drone delivery of some prescription medicines with Zipline, within five miles of its Beachwood campus in Ohio.
Cleveland 19 News, 3 Aug 2026
26 July 2026Safety
A Zipline drone flying for Walmart had a fault, opened its emergency parachute and came down on a street in Greenville, Texas. No one was hurt.
DroneXL, 27 July 2026
22 Jan 2026Milestone
Zipline said it had passed 2 million deliveries and raised more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion.
The Robot Report, 22 Jan 2026Company-reported
8 April 2025Milestone
Zipline and Walmart started drone deliveries from the Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, Texas, Zipline's first Walmart flights in Texas.
DroneXL Mesquite town guide
19 April 2024Milestone
Zipline said it had made one million paid drone deliveries worldwide.
DroneXL, 19 Apr 2024Company-reported
22 June 2022Regulator
The FAA gave Zipline a Part 135 air carrier certificate, the licence an airline needs, letting it run long-range drone deliveries from North Carolina.
FreightWaves, 22 June 2022

03Money

How it's funded

Latest funding round we could confirm: Zipline raised more than $600 million from investors including Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, Valor and Tiger Global, valuing it at $7.6 billion. The Robot Report, 22 Jan 2026

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