Ride-hailing firm Bolt will start offering food delivery via a fleet of robots supplied by U.S. robotics firm Starship Technologies.
Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Taxify, Bolt has around 100 million customers in 45 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.in funding to date from investors including Sequoia, World Bank unit IFC, and the European Investment Bank.Just like ordering food online from apps in the typical way, Bolt's Starship partnership will allow users to get their food delivered from robots at the tap of a button.
Wednesday's news marks a major milestone in reaching commercial deployment of the technology at scale. Starship, headquartered in San Francisco and co-founded by some of the founders of Skype, already operates a fleet of autonomous delivery robots in the U.S. The firm has a similar deal in place in the U.K. and other European countries with British grocer Co-op.
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