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Uber and Zipline target 1 million autonomous deliveries a day by 2029

Uber is partnering with Zipline to add autonomous drone delivery to Uber Eats, with initial restaurant, grocery and retail deliveries expected to begin this year in participating markets. The companies aim to scale the service across the U.S. to 1 million deliveries per day by 2029.

Discovered 2026-08-17T06:05:15.035934-07:00 | 2026-08-17T06:05:15.035934-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

The partnership represents a major potential commercial deployment for autonomous delivery drones, extending beyond pilots and limited trials into a high-volume consumer logistics network.
A target of 1 million daily U.S. deliveries by 2029 would create significant demand for drone fleets, operators, maintenance, airspace coordination and supporting infrastructure.
Initial launches this year will provide an early test of customer adoption, regulatory execution and the economics of rapid restaurant, grocery and retail delivery.

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