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Episode 300 | Scaling Sidewalk Autonomy: How Serve Robotics Is Reinventing Last Mile Delivery
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Ali Kashani, Co-Founder & Serve Robotics joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how sidewalk delivery robots are transforming the economics and experience of last-mile delivery.
Ali shares the origin story of Serve Robotics, which was incubated within Postmates and later spun out of Uber into a publicly traded company. What began as a simple idea, delivering small items with small autonomous robots has grown into a rapidly scaling business operating in cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, Miami, and Dallas.
As Serve Robotics continues to expand, the company is evolving into a full-fledged robotics platform with multiple revenue streams spanning advertising, delivery, licensing, and potentially something even bigger in the future.
Episode Chapters
0:00 Founding of Serve Robotics
2:07 Deliveries
4:26 Deploying Sidewalk Robots
9:53 Deployment Markets
15:11 A Robotics Company
19:37 Wing Partnership
21:20 Restaurant Deliveries & Packaging
27:53 Comparing Gen 2 to Gen 3 Robots
29:59 Testing Before Deploying
32:37 New Markets
33:49 Advertising Business
37:33 Growing Delivery Volume
39:37 The Evolution of Sidewalk Robots
42:07 Key Takeaways
Recorded on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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About The Road to Autonomy
The Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.
Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/autonomy-economy/
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
300 episodes
Manage episode 483840512 series 2982710
Ali Kashani, Co-Founder & Serve Robotics joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how sidewalk delivery robots are transforming the economics and experience of last-mile delivery.
Ali shares the origin story of Serve Robotics, which was incubated within Postmates and later spun out of Uber into a publicly traded company. What began as a simple idea, delivering small items with small autonomous robots has grown into a rapidly scaling business operating in cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, Miami, and Dallas.
As Serve Robotics continues to expand, the company is evolving into a full-fledged robotics platform with multiple revenue streams spanning advertising, delivery, licensing, and potentially something even bigger in the future.
Episode Chapters
0:00 Founding of Serve Robotics
2:07 Deliveries
4:26 Deploying Sidewalk Robots
9:53 Deployment Markets
15:11 A Robotics Company
19:37 Wing Partnership
21:20 Restaurant Deliveries & Packaging
27:53 Comparing Gen 2 to Gen 3 Robots
29:59 Testing Before Deploying
32:37 New Markets
33:49 Advertising Business
37:33 Growing Delivery Volume
39:37 The Evolution of Sidewalk Robots
42:07 Key Takeaways
Recorded on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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About The Road to Autonomy
The Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.
Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/autonomy-economy/
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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