Since September, investors have pumped at least $6 billion into more than two dozen startups that are automating delivery of goods and food, from heavy trucks to sidewalk robots and drones.
Among them:
Waymo
Country: United States
Transport type: People, goods
Last raise: $3 billion
Dates: March 2, 2020 and May 12, 2020
Corporate investors: Alphabet, Magna, AutoNation
AEV Robotics
Country: Australia
Transport type: People, goods
Last raise: $2.5 million
Date: April 7, 2020
Corporate investors: n/a
AutoX
Country: United States
Transport type: People, goods
Last raise: undisclosed
Date: December 1, 2019
Corporate investors: Alibaba
Boxbot
Country: United States
Transport type: Last mile
Last raise: undisclosed
Date: March 5, 2020
Corporate investors: Toyota
Gatik
Country: United States
Transport type: Last mile
Last raise: undisclosed
Date: February 25, 2020
Corporate investors: n/a
Neolix
Country: China
Transport type: Last mile
Last raise: $28.6 million
Date: March 11, 2020
Corporate investors: Lixiang
Optimus Ride
Country: United States
Transport type: People, goods
Last raise: $50 million
Date: November 6, 2019
Corporate investors: n/a
Pony.ai
Country: United States
Transport type: People, goods
Last raise: $462 million
Date: February 25, 2020
Corporate investors: Toyota, Comcast
Udelv
Country: United States
Transport type: Last mile
Last raise: $1.5 million
Date: December 1, 2019
Corporate investors: Marubeni
Wayve
Country: United Kingdom
Transport type: People, goods
Last raise: $20 million
Date: November 18, 2019
Corporate investors: n/a
Einride
Country: Sweden
Transport type: Long-haul freight
Last raise: $25 million
Date: October 10, 2019
Corporate investors: Ericsson
Embark
Country: United States
Transport type: Long-haul freight
Last raise: $70 million
Date: September 25, 2019
Corporate investors: n/a
Inceptio
Country: China
Transport type: Long-haul freight
Last raise: $100 million
Date: April 26, 2020
Corporate investors: n/a
TuSimple
Country: China
Transport type: Long-haul freight
Last raise: $215 million
Date: September 17, 2019
Corporate investors: UPS, Nvidia, Mando
Matternet
Country: United States
Transport type: Drones
Last raise: $5.7 million
Date: January 14, 2020
Corporate investors: Daimler, Boeing, Sony
UVL Robotics
Country: Russia
Transport type: Drones
Last raise: $500,000
Date: March 20, 2020
Corporate investors: n/a
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