Serve Robotics, founded in 2017 as Postmates' robotics division and now an independent public company, develops and deploys autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for last-mile logistics. The robots are designed to navigate urban pavements alongside pedestrians, replacing short car trips with low- or zero-emission alternatives. The company has deployed over 2,000 robots across five U.S. cities: Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, and Chicago. It operates in partnership with platforms including Uber Eats, connecting restaurants to customers through automated delivery.
The company's engineering work spans robotics, autonomy, machine learning, computer vision, human-robot interaction, and sustainable vehicle technology. End-to-end user experience - from the restaurant to the recipient - is a central design consideration, as is the broader goal of making urban environments more accessible and less reliant on combustion-engine vehicles.
Serve Robotics describes its culture as collaborative, trust-based, and mission-oriented, with an emphasis on employee autonomy and real-world impact. The team is composed largely of veterans from the technology industry. As a publicly traded company, it operates at the intersection of logistics, urban mobility, and sustainable transportation.