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| 14.09.2026 | Rwanda: Reimagining Healthcare Through Entrepreneurship and Technology | Africa's healthcare challenges have largely been framed as clinical problems to be solved primarily by clinicians. But some of the continent's most consequential health innovations have come from people who never trained as physicians or nu... |
| 10.09.2026 | TAR Raises $120M to Scale Off-Grid AI Power Systems | TAR Raises $120M Series A At $1B Valuation
TAR has raised $120 million in Series A funding to expand off-grid power systems for AI data centres. Spark Capital led the financing at a $1 billion post-money valuation. The Austin-based company ... |
| 27.08.2026 | Airbound Secures $37M to Propel India's Drone Delivery Future | Airbound, an aerospace startup, secured $37 million to scale autonomous drone delivery in India, spearheading a logistics revolution. The company targets 10,000 daily flights in Andhra Pradesh for retail, e-commerce, and healthcare. This fu... |
| 25.08.2026 | Airbound raises $37M to scale autonomous drone delivery in India | Airbound, a Bengaluru-based aerospace startup developing lightweight autonomous aircraft for deliveries, has raised $37 million in a Series A round led by Greenoaks. The round also includes existing and new investors including DoorDash, Lac... |
| 20.08.2026 | Amazon Accelerates Drone Delivery Across America | Amazon's Prime Air drone service plans vast expansion. It targets nearly 500 U.S. cities by year-end. This means a sixfold increase in coverage. The company expects 1 million drone deliveries this year. It aims for 500 million by 2030. Dron... |
| 20.08.2026 | Are Amazon Drones Ready For The Real World? | Authored by Mikaelle De Oliveira
Amazon is expanding Prime Air to nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, bringing drone deliveries closer to everyday shopping.
Amazon plans to bring Prime Air to nearly 500 US cities and towns by... |
| 20.08.2026 | Top Tech News Today, August 20, 2026: Amazon, Google, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Siemens, Stripe, TDK & More | It’s Thursday, August 20, 2026, and the past 24 hours just rewrote the map of global tech power: $7.5 billion AI deals, humanoid robots minting $50 billion fortunes overnight, OpenAI locking in its IPO clock, and AI-powered cyberattacks pro... |
| 19.08.2026 | Amazon to expand drone service to nearly 500 cities after targeting 1 million deliveries this year | Amazon is planning to offer drone deliveries in nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns this year.
The company has quietly expanded to more metro areas in recent months after receiving a key regulatory greenlight enabling longer-range deliveries.
... |
| 18.08.2026 | Uber Eats Drone Deal Targets One Million Daily Deliveries: Zipline Must Scale 230-Fold | By Clark Johnson
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| 14.08.2026 | Your GLP-1 Prescription Is Table Stakes. Now What? | Jon Michaeli, Sr. GTM & Commercial Consultant & Advisor at InsideTracker
Virtual clinics are very good at getting GLP-1s into patients’ hands fast. That chapter is behind us, and the margins are compressing to prove it.
Leaders like... |
| 13.08.2026 | Inside The $3.3 Billion Funding Spike Transforming African Tech Infrastructure | The headline figures for African startup funding look spectacular at first glance: $3.3 billion raised in the first half of 2026, up 73% year-on-year for the best mid-year total in a decade. Look past the confetti and the story changes, wit... |
| 03.08.2026 | DoorDash Takes Flight: In-House Drone Delivery Launched After FAA Approval | DoorDash launched DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery program. It secured U.S. FAA Part 135 certification for commercial operations. This strategic move reduces reliance on human couriers and expands logistics. DoorDash builds its own... |
| 29.07.2026 | DoorDash launches DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery service, after securing FAA certification | DoorDash is taking a bigger step into autonomous delivery. The food delivery company on Wednesday unveiled DoorDash Air, an in-house drone delivery program that follows a key regulatory milestone from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administratio... |
| 19.07.2026 | Buffett Reshapes Philanthropy Amid Epstein Fallout, Accelerates Wealth Distribution
Text: Warren Buffett dramatically alters his philanthropic strategy. He has excluded the Gates Foundation from his s... | Warren Buffett shifts his massive charitable giving. The Gates Foundation no longer receives his annual donations. This ends a two-decade partnership. Billions of dollars are now redirected. Family foundations become the sole beneficiaries.... |
| 18.07.2026 | Wonder Secures $650M; Food Tech Platform Valued at $9B | Wonder, a leading food technology platform, recently secured $650 million in Series D financing. This substantial investment pushes its pre-money valuation to $9 billion. The new capital will accelerate Wonder's aggressive expansion strateg... |
| 16.07.2026 | Wonder Raises $650 Million Series D At $9 Billion Valuation To Accelerate Food Tech Platform Expansion | Wonder, a vertically integrated food technology platform founded by Marc Lore, has raised $650 million in a Series D round at a $9 billion pre-money valuation. Existing investors Accel, GV (Google Ventures), and New Enterprise Associates pa... |
| 15.07.2026 | 5 Things to Know
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Happy Wednesday. If you start seeing drones in the sky, they might be part of Zipline’s delivery fleet.
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| 14.07.2026 | Zipline adds ex-Tesla, Uber, Waymo execs to make drone delivery mainstream across U.S. | Zipline is growing its drone delivery business in the U.S. and has hired former Tesla, Uber Eats and Waymo executives to help it scale up in new markets.
The company is now making one drone delivery every thirty seconds, and has surpassed 2... |
| 13.07.2026 | Paradigm Unveils $1.2 Billion Fund, Broadens Focus Beyond Crypto to AI and Robotics | Paradigm secured $1.2 billion for its latest venture fund. The firm strategically expands beyond crypto. New investments target artificial intelligence, robotics, and other frontier technologies. Paradigm maintains strong commitment to its ... |
| 11.07.2026 | Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fourth Fund To Back “Technical Frontier” Startups Across Crypto, AI And Robotics | Paradigm, the frontier technology investment firm best known for its large crypto funds, has raised its fourth fund: a $1.2 billion venture vehicle to invest in what it calls the “technical frontier,” spanning crypto, artificial intelligenc... |
| 08.07.2026 | Американский венчурный фонд Paradigm привлек $1,2 млрд для инвестиций в искусственный интеллект | Американская венчурная компания Paradigm, специализирующаяся на инвестициях в криптовалютные стартапы, привлекла новый фонд объемом $1,2 млрд для инвестиций не только в блокчейн-проекты, но и в компании, работающие в сфере искусственного ин... |
| 01.07.2026 | Queue Raises $12.6M in Seed Funding | Queue, a Palo Alto, CA-based company building a fully autonomous robotic pharmacy, emerged from stealth with a $12.6m seed funding round.
The round, which follows a $6m pre-seed round led by Riot Ventures less than a year ago, was led by Al... |
| 01.07.2026 | Queue Raises $12.6 Million To Launch Autonomous Robotic Pharmacy | Queue announced that it has emerged from stealth with a working system designed to transform how prescriptions are dispensed, verified, and delivered. The company recently closed an oversubscribed $12.6 million seed round led by AlleyCorp.
... |
| 22.05.2026 | Microsoft’s GitHub was positioned to win the AI coding race. Outages got in the way | Outages have plagued Microsoft’s GitHub unit this year as the soaring popularity of vibe coding stressed its infrastructure.
GitHub’s drawn-out migration to Microsoft’s Azure has limited its computing capacity, sources said, frustrating use... |
| 11.05.2026 | Former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja joins EV battery recycler Redwood Materials | Redwood Materials hires former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja as finance chief.
Founded by Tesla board member and ex-CTO JB Straubel in 2017, Redwood Materials produces critical minerals from recycled batteries, and battery energy storage systems u... |
| 24.03.2026 | Kandou AI Closes USD225M Series A Funding | Kandou AI, a Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland-based developer of high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity and system solutions for the AI era, closed a $225m Series A funding round.
The round was led by Maverick Silicon with participation from S... |
| 03.12.2025 | Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström joins Nordic Air Defence | Former Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billström has joined Swedish defence tech startup Nordic Air Defence (NAD) as Director of Strategy and Government Affairs, his first full-time role since leaving frontline politics last year.
Nordic Ai... |
| 26.11.2025 | US Government Commits $150 Million to Zipline to Rapidly Expand Access to Life-Saving Drone Delivery Services in Africa | Share this:
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| 16.11.2025 | The Global Health-Tech Revolution: How Innovations are Improving Healthcare in Low-Income Regions | Around the world, low-income and resource-constrained regions face a mix of overwhelming health challenges: limited infrastructure, shortage of trained staff, weak supply chains, geographic isolation, and underfunding. Yet in recent years, ... |
| 08.10.2025 | Rwanda: How Drones Could Transform Vaccine Delivery in Rwanda | Scientists in cooling systems have proposed the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), known as drones, in vaccine delivery as a way to support rural health centres that face unstable electricity supply and unreliable refrigeration equipme... |
| 21.08.2025 | Chipotle teams up with Zipline to test drone food delivery | Chipotle is teaming up with drone delivery leader Zipline to test autonomous food delivery.
Starting Thursday, select customers in the greater Dallas area will have the option to use what Chipotle is calling Zipotle delivery through its ear... |
| 12.08.2025 | Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here’s why | After launching its Prime Air delivery service in College Station, Texas, in late 2022, Amazon received FAA permission last year to operate autonomous drones that fly beyond a pilot’s line of sight. The e-commerce company has since expand i... |
| 01.08.2025 | Beyond the code: How AI is powering a creative and cultural renaissance across Africa – Gift Edah | Gift Edah is the Founder and Creative Lead at Rayvolution Media, shaping visual storytelling and entertainment technology across Africa.
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In the last decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from a sci-fi spectacle into a v... |
| 24.07.2025 | Japan’s SORA joins Africa’s $12 billion fight against malaria with AI-powered drones | SORA Technology, a Japanese drone-based solutions and aerial technology provider, is expanding its operations to Nigeria and 14 other African countries in a sweeping push to curb malaria using AI-powered drones.
Starting August 25, the firm... |
| 21.07.2025 | Lerer Hippeau Welcomes Angel Investor and Operator Ron Zori to Fund IX as Venture Partner | Firm closed $200M for ninth early stage fund in April
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 21, 2025–
Lerer Hippeau, a leading early stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City, announced today that it has hired Ron Zori as Ven... |
| 03.07.2025 | Inflection leads $3M investment in Nordic Air Defence’s anti-drone platform | Swedish defencetech startup Nordic Air Defence (NAD) has raised $3 million in an expansion of its Pre-Seed funding round, bringing the total to $4.4 million — one of the largest Pre-Seed rounds for the sector.
NAD is a Stockholm-headquarter... |
| 02.07.2025 | Rwanda: How Drones Are Revolutionising Pig Farming in Rwanda | Brigitte Mukandoha, a pig farmer from Nyamata Sector in Bugesera District, has seen improvement in her farm performance and income, as a result of efficient artificial insemination supported by the use of drones which ensures timely swine s... |
| 27.06.2025 | Bridging the Narrative Gap: The Untapped Potential of African Startups | Africa's tech landscape is a vibrant tapestry of innovation. Yet, many startups remain hidden gems, undervalued on the global stage. The reason? A storytelling gap. A recent report from Talking Drum Communications sheds light on this issue,... |
| 27.06.2025 | Success in the skies and space for Swiss startups |
SwissDrones' Australian partner, Xplorate, has just won a major BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) RPAS contract to perform long-range gas pipeline inspections in Australia with SwissDrones' SDO50 unmanned helicopters, equipped with an ad... |
| 26.06.2025 | African startups undervalued globally due to poor storytelling, report says | Despite the growth of Africa’s tech ecosystem in the last decade, startups and tech companies on the continent continue to struggle with being overlooked and misunderstood on the global stage due to poor storytelling narrative on their tran... |
| 07.06.2025 | Walmart's Drone Delivery Expansion: Soaring to New Heights Amid Economic Turbulence | Walmart is taking to the skies. The retail giant plans to expand its drone delivery service to 100 stores across Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa within the next year. This move marks a significant step in Walmart's quest to ... |
| 05.06.2025 | Walmart plans to expand drone deliveries to three more states | Walmart said it will expand drone deliveries to customers from 100 stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa within the coming year.
Customers can already get items by drone delivery in parts of Northwest Arkansas and Dallas-... |
| 23.05.2025 | Commercial drone automation set to soar across industries | - |
| 12.04.2025 | Lerer Hippeau's $200 Million Seed Fund: A New Chapter in Venture Capital | In the bustling heart of New York City, Lerer Hippeau has made waves again. The early-stage venture capital firm recently announced the closing of its ninth seed fund, raising a remarkable $200 million. This is not just a number; it’s a tes... |
| 09.04.2025 | Lerer Hippeau Closes $200M for Ninth Seed Fund | Firm celebrates 15 years investing in early stage founders
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 9, 2025–
Lerer Hippeau, a leading early stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City, announced today that it has closed $200M in ... |
| 08.04.2025 | Walmart partners with drone delivery startup Zipline to launch 30-minute deliveries in Dallas area | Just a year after reaching the one million delivery milestone, drone delivery startup Zipline is scaling up again—this time in Texas. The company officially launched its latest service in the Dallas area on Tuesday through a partnership wit... |
| 02.04.2025 | Amazon's Dual Approach: Security and Innovation in the Age of Drones and Metal Detectors | Amazon is a giant that never sleeps. It constantly evolves, adapting to the tides of technology and public sentiment. Recently, the company has made headlines for two contrasting moves: reinstating metal detector screenings for warehouse em... |
| 01.04.2025 | Amazon's Dual Flight: Drones and AI Take Center Stage | Amazon is soaring high on two fronts: drone deliveries and artificial intelligence. The tech giant has recently reignited its drone delivery program after a brief hiatus, while simultaneously launching a new AI model that promises to revolu... |
| 01.04.2025 | Amazon resumes drone deliveries after two-month pause | Amazon has resumed making drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona after it halted the program earlier this year.
The company suspended Prime Air deliveries in January as it rolled out a software update to correct issues with the drone’s altit... |
| 01.04.2025 | 'Unprecedented Levels of Demand': Amazon Prime Air Drones Are Back in the Skies Making Delivery Drops Amazon stopped the program two months ago to update the software of its drones. | After being inactive for two months, Amazon's drones are once again taking to the skies.
Amazon confirmed to CNBC on Monday that it will resume Prime Air drone deliveries in the two U.S. areas where it is testing the service: College Statio... |
| 24.03.2025 | New VC Fund in Estonia to Boost the Unmanned Systems Sector: Exclusive Insights from the Unmanned.vc Team | Unmanned.vc is the Baltics’ new VC firm investing in early-stage unmanned and autonomous systems startups Backed by defense experts, AI specialists, and UAV industry leaders, the fund offers strategic expertise and partnerships The team foc... |
| 21.03.2025 | Rerun's $17 Million Seed Funding: A Leap into the Future of Physical AI | In the bustling world of technology, a new player is making waves. Rerun, a Stockholm-based startup, has just secured $17 million in seed funding. This infusion of capital is set to fuel the development of a groundbreaking multimodal data s... |
| 21.03.2025 | Rerun Raises $17Million to Build the Data Infrastructure Powering the Physical AI Revolution | Computer vision and robotics veterans create the first multimodal data stack purpose-built for robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones and spatial computing
Rerun, the company building the multimodal data stack for Physical AI, today announce... |
| 29.01.2025 | Amazon's Drone Delivery Takes Flight in the UK | Amazon is gearing up to launch its Prime Air drone delivery service in Darlington, a town in northeast England. The e-commerce giant is currently seeking approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Once the green light is given, Am... |
| 29.01.2025 | Amazon готовится запустить доставку дронами в Великобритании | Корпорация Amazon готовится к запуску услуги доставки дронами Prime Air в городе Дарлингтон на северо-востоке Великобритании. Сейчас гигант электронной коммерции получает разрешение Управления гражданской авиации Великобритании (CAA).
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| 13.01.2025 | От тележки с интернетом до ИИ Legaltech: четыре цифровых стартапа из Руанды | Продолжаем рассказывать о Руанде, на этот раз — о ее инновационном и IT-секторе. Страну часто называет одним из самых быстрорастущих инновационных хабов субсахарской Африки, хотя из-за низкого старта и небольшой численности населения ей еще... |
| 23.12.2024 | Tuesday Capital: Ethan Imboden Named As Partner | Seed-stage fund firm Tuesday Capital announced it had added Ethan Imboden, a long-time collaborator, as a partner. Imboden joins the team after 10 years at global design & strategy consulting firm frog, where he founded and led the vent... |
| 10.12.2024 | Navigating the Waters of Cryptocurrency: The Battle Against Dirty Money | In the world of cryptocurrency, the phrase "clean coins" has become a buzzword. But what does it mean? And why does it matter? The rise of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations has transformed the landscape of digital currencies... |
| 10.12.2024 | Techstars and WirelessCar Collaborate to Propel Connected Vehicle Services Innovation that Empowers Future Mobility | Techstars and WirelessCar Collaborate to Propel Connected Vehicle Services Innovation that Empowers Future Mobility
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| 19.11.2024 | Soaring Civil & Commercial Applications Propel Drone Market to US$123 Billion by 2030 | LONDON, Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The drone economy is set to soar, with unprecedented growth on the horizon. According to global intelligence firm ABI Research, civil and commercial applications of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS),... |
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| 26.09.2024 | Zero Gravity Names Sacramento Kings Owner Chris Kelly to Board of Directors | Zero Gravity Corporation Logo
Zero Gravity Corp has named Chris Kelly to its Board of Directors. As an investor in Silicon Valley, Chris Kelly has been a prolific angel and later-stage backer of innovative technology, media, and finance sta... |
| 25.07.2024 | Navigating the Startup Landscape: Culture and Innovation in Focus**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, culture and innovation are the twin engines driving success. Recently, two stories have emerged that highlight the delicate balance between these elements. One revolves around Techstars, a prominen... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars Faces Cultural Reckoning Amidst Leadership Changes**
** | ** In the fast-paced world of startups, culture is the backbone. It can make or break a company. Recently, Techstars, a prominent startup accelerator, found itself in the eye of a storm. David Cohen, the CEO and co-founder, acknowledged tha... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars and Risevest: Navigating Change in the Startup Landscape**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, change is the only constant. Two recent stories highlight this truth: Techstars grappling with its corporate culture and Risevest eyeing expansion through acquisition. Both narratives reflect the c... |
| 23.07.2024 | “Maybe some things got a little wobbly,” says Techstars CEO addressing criticism about its corporate culture | The CEO and co-founder of Techstars, the well-known US startup accelerator which has backed thousands of startups, has admitted that “maybe things got a little wobbly” as he addresses criticism over its corporate culture.
David Cohen was sp... |
| 03.07.2024 | Mayo Clinic to Launch Same-Day Prescription Drugs Drone Delivery Next Year | By John Lopez
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Non-profit medical group Mayo Clinic is set to launch same-day prescription drug deliveri... |
| 04.06.2024 | Hakluyt Capital announces final close on first investment fund and establishes advisory board | LONDON, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hakluyt Capital, the investment arm of Hakluyt – the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors – has announced the final close of its first investment fund, exceeding its target raise o... |
| 22.05.2024 | Govt needs to further expand PLI scheme to make India 'Global Drone Hub' | - |
| 28.04.2024 | Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs | Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free.
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| 23.04.2024 | Amazon закрывает службу доставки дронами в Калифорнии | Amazon объявила о закрытии службы доставки товаров беспилотниками Prime Air в Локфорде, штат Калифорния. В рамках услуги клиентам доставляли товары весом 2,2 кг примерно за 30 минут с момента заказа.
Компания также открывает новое подраздел... |
| 22.04.2024 | Drone delivery startup Zipline reaches 1 million deliveries, eyes restaurant expansion | It’s been a remarkable two years since our last update on the autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline. Back then, Zipline was using drones to transport life-saving supplies like blood and vaccines to isolated African villages at the heigh... |
| 27.03.2024 | Commercial UAV Expo Announces the 2024 Advisory Board Members | Advisory Board Announced
Commercial UAS industry leaders will provide guidance for landmark 10th edition by serving on Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board
PORTLAND, Maine, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Organizers of Commercial UAV Exp... |
| 20.03.2024 | Drone delivery's biggest problem isn't in the air | Getting a carton of eggs delivered flawlessly by drone is impressive — in fact, it's downright miraculous! — but behind the scenes there are still a lot of inefficiencies to work out.
Why it matters: Drone delivery isn't a fantasy anymore. ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Роботы–доставщики и беспилотные фуры: как трансформируется логистика | Тягачи для перевозки грузов, выполняющие работу без участия человека становятся повседневной реальностью. Машины автоконцерна КамАз и СберАвтоТеха успели перевезти более 12 тыс тонн товаров, пройдя 600+ тыс км.
Эксперимент начат в июле 2023... |
| 11.03.2024 | Global Delivery Drone Services Market Forecast 2024-2033 – Market Size, Drivers, Trends, And Competitors | The Business Research Company's Delivery Drone Services Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
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| 09.01.2024 | Walmart debuts generative AI search and AI replenishment features at CES | In a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon and other Walmart execs offered a glimpse as to how the retail giant was putting new technologies, including augmented reality (AR),... |
| 19.11.2023 | Cruise’s mea culpa and everything that stood out at the LA Auto Show | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free.
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| 26.07.2023 | Funding For Drone Delivery Startups Still Flying High Amid VC Downturn | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Those who follow the startup world are accustomed to pitches about how our future lives will look. Sometimes it never pans out. Other times, shifts happen surprisingly fast.
For consumer drone delive... |
| 19.06.2023 | Africa’s next leap forward (part 1): Agrifoodtech startups to watch, from Cupmena to Aerobotics | Editor’s note: Bioengineer and microbiologist Saron Berhane is an independent consultant and was the cofounder of Australian agtech startup BioScout.
The views expressed in this guest article are the author’s own and do not necessarily repr... |
| 07.05.2023 | Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Boosts Valuation To $4.2 Billion | - |
| 25.04.2023 | Why Tech Companies Have Been Gaining So Much Value In The Recent Years? | Noah Miller, Tech Times 25 April 2023, 03:04 pm
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Tech companies have been on the rise for some time now as they offer advanced devices, cars, computers, and many more that transform the dai... |
| 28.03.2023 | African startups working to expand internet access across the continent | In today’s digital age, access to the internet is a fundamental requirement for economic development and social progress. Yet, many people in Africa lack internet connectivity, thereby hindering the region’s ability to create jobs, reduce p... |
| 16.03.2023 | Zipline Unveils New Autonomous System Capable of Quiet, Fast and Precise Home Delivery | Zipline unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs. The company’s next generation home delivery platform is practically silent (designed to sound like wind rus... |
| 09.03.2023 | Mistakes were made (and that’s fine) | Forgive the scattered nature of this week’s Actuator. No big, overarching monologs this week — just a handful of things I’ve been thinking about lately that I’d like to get down on paper. I suppose that’s one of the perks of doing a weekly ... |
| 04.10.2022 | Zipline’s drones to deliver medicine in Salt Lake City area | Zipline, a drone delivery and logistics company that got its start delivering medical supplies in Africa, has started dropping prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to homes in the Salt Lake City, Utah area.
In a partnership with I... |
| 12.09.2022 | Former Tesla CFO joins drone delivery startup Zipline | Zipline has been making the headlines in recent weeks. Early this month, we wrote about the drone-delivery startup Zipline after it joined forces with African e-commerce company Jumia to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of... |
| 09.09.2022 | Zipline lands departing Verily CFO, Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja | Zipline has hired departing Verily CFO and Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja as its first chief business and financial officer, an appointment that comes as the drone delivery and logistics startup accelerates its global expansion in Africa, the U... |
| 01.09.2022 | Jumia partners with Zipline to launch on-demand drone package delivery in remote areas of Africa | Jumia, the African e-commerce company, has joined forces with drone-delivery startup Zipline to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of Ghana, the companies announced Thursday. They launched the pilot program and testing a few... |
| 03.07.2022 | The future of delivery? This startup uses drones to deliver life-saving medicine to remote villages in Africa | The future is drone is here. In just a decade, what started as a hobby for many drone enthusiasts has turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. Due to the growing demand for drones from organizations and the government, the total drone m... |
| 28.06.2022 | Cardinal Health launches on-demand drone delivery with Zipline | Today, Cardinal Health and Zipline announced that the two companies began long-range drone deliveries in North Carolina. This launch follows a successful pilot phase as well as Part 135 certification awarded by the Federal Aviation Administ... |
| 22.06.2022 | FAA certifies Zipline for U.S. medical supply drone delivery | [Image courtesy of Zipline]Zipline announced that it received certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for U.S. drone deliveries.
San Francisco-based Zipline garnered FAA Part 135 air carrier certification, authoriz... |
| 24.04.2022 | Zipline drones start delivering medicine in Japan | Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan.
They're flying, starting Thursday, across the tiny Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu, in sout... |
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| 29.01.2022 | Zipline is a tech startup using drones to deliver blood and life-saving vaccines to remote villages in Africa | As covid ravages around the world, rich nations were able to get access to the life-saving treatment immediately after the vaccines became available in early 2021. However, poor countries continued to suffer despite early promises by develo... |
| 14.12.2021 | United Parcel Service : UPS SURPASSES ONE BILLION COVID-19 VACCINE DELIVERY MILESTONE, CONTINUES TO DELIVER HOPE AROUND THE WORLD | ATLANTA - December 14, 2021 - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced that it surpassed the one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered mark with near-perfect on-time delivery. Just one year after the first vaccine was delivered by UPS, this miles... |
| 06.12.2021 | Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we can, does it mean we should? | Saron Berhane is an agrifoodtech entrepreneur based in Sydney, Australia.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of AFN.
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