Ride-hailing startup Bolt has teamed up with U.S. robotics company Starship Technologies to introduce food delivery using its fleet of robots. The service will first launch in Estonia, the home country of both Starship and Bolt, and is expected to expand to additional countries later this year. - Through the collaboration, Starship will tap into Bolt's extensive customer base of over 100 million users in 45 countries and 500 cities.
- Customers will be able to order food online and have it delivered by Starship's suitcase-sized self-driving robots.
- Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
- Starship, formed by ex-Skype founders, operates autonomous delivery robots in over 50 areas. It has completed over 5 million deliveries worldwide, including in the U.S., where it partners with Grubhub to serve college students.
- Bolt, valued at $8.4B and backed by Sequoia Capital, competes with Uber in the ride-hailing industry and serves over 100 million customers worldwide.
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