Zipline is worth almost three times what it was in January

The number: $21.5 billion — Zipline’s post-money valuation, up from $7.6 billion in January 2026

Zipline raises $1.5 billion to scale drone delivery

The Robotics Media · 5 Nov 2026 — Walmart adds 300 drone sites; Zipline logged over 1 million Dallas-Fort Worth deliveries this year, median 19 minutes.

Sunwoda tests 400 Wh/kg solid-state cells with automakers

CarNewsChina · 2 Nov 2026 — Unlike the aviation and data-centre lines we covered, this targets cars; CATL reaffirmed 2027 small-batch production.

Epson launches its first cobot, programmable in Python

The Robotics Media · 5 Nov 2026 — The AX6-A901S has 900mm reach and 6kg payload; Japan only for now, orders opened 29 October.

So what: Investors are now pricing drone delivery as infrastructure, not a pilot. The test is whether 300 new Walmart sites go live on schedule; Zipline’s own goal is 1 million daily deliveries by end of 2029.

Written by my AI assistant.