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Tesla layoffs, Cybertruck recalls and Serve Robotics goes public
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Uber, Nvidia-backed Serve Robotics hits public markets with $40M splash
Serve Robotics, the Uber and Nvidia-backed sidewalk robot delivery company, debuted publicly on the stock exchange Thursday, making it the latest startup to choose going public via a reverse merger…
Startup founders should care more about Serve Robotics’ listing
Serve’s going public gives us the rare opportunity to closely follow a startup’s crucial, early growth days in a nascent market.
Uber, Nvidia-backed delivery robot startup Serve Robotics to go public
Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery robot startup that spun out of Uber’s acquisition of Postmates, is going public via a reverse merger with a blank-check company. The reverse merger…
Serve Robotics to deploy up to 2,000 sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats
Serve Robotics, the Uber spinout that builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, is expanding its partnership with Uber Eats. The Nvidia-backed startup will now deploy up to 2,000 of its cute…
This robot crossed a line it shouldn’t have because humans told it to
Video of a sidewalk delivery robot crossing yellow caution tape and rolling through a crime scene in Los Angeles went viral this week, amassing more than 650,000 views on Twitter…
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The lowdown on the slowdown
Kicking things off this week with some data culled by the folks over at Crunchbase that’s very much in line with what we’ve been saying on Actuator all along. The past couple of years have been genuinely transformational for robotics. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the conversations I’ve been having with startups and VCs…
Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional
Uber Eats is launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles on Monday with Serve Robotics, a robotic sidewalk delivery startup, and Motional, an autonomous vehicle technology company. The new…
Nvidia invests $10M in sidewalk robot delivery company Serve Robotics
Chipmaking giant Nvidia is investing $10 million in Uber spinout Serve Robotics, funds the startup will use to further expand its sidewalk delivery robot service outside Los Angeles and San…
Mitsubishi partners with Cartken to break into the robotic delivery world
Mitsubishi Electric, the automaker’s electronics equipment manufacturing company, is starting a pilot program to explore the value of autonomous robots. The company will be working with Cartken, the Google alum…
The Station: Cali regulators eye Tesla FSD, Turo files to go public, Local Motors shuts down
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Serve Robotics’ new autonomous sidewalk delivery robots don’t require human assist
Serve Robotics, an Uber spinout that builds sidewalk delivery robots, is deploying its next generation of robots that are capable of completing some commercial deliveries without a human in the…
Uber spinout Serve Robotics gets $13M seed round to expand sidewalk robot deliveries
Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery company that spun out from Uber-owned Postmates in March, has closed an expanded seed round at $13 million. The company will use the funds…
Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion, has officially spun out as an independent company called Serve Robotics. TechCrunch reported…
Uber planning to spin out Postmates’ delivery robot arm
Another Uber spinout is in the works. Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion, is seeking investors in its…
