Uber partners with Zipline on Eats drone deliveries

Uber is partnering with drone delivery company Zipline to launch airborne takeout deliveries later this year, targeting 1 million daily drone deliveries by 2029. Uber also said it will make a strategic investment in Zipline, a California-based operator that has been running drone deliveries in Texas since 2025. Deliveries under Uber Eats are set to begin in Zipline’s existing Dallas–Fort Worth market before expanding to dozens of additional cities. Zipline has completed 2 million deliveries to date and operates internationally, including Rwanda, Ghana, Japan, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and Kenya. The move follows similar efforts by rivals as regulations ease.