Starship Finishes Saving One Another
Today I am proud to announce that we have reached every million independent, more than 6 years since the company was founded in 2014. We hope that no other company in the world has done this independently – including taxi rides. We have also made an additional $ 17m and added work to two new camps – UCLA and Bridgewater State University (Massachusetts) in the US. The new investment brings the total Starship revenue to $ 102m so far.
We did not know where the 1 million delivery would take place, as there are about 15-20 open areas around the world with robots that send every minute. Eventually it happened in Bowling Green, Ohio, to a student named Annika Keeton who is a freshman studying Biology at BGSU. Annika is now part of Starship history!
Six years ago we wouldn’t believe we were hitting 1m in January 2021 – we would love to hit it soon! But it turns out that robots that offer to exercise their independence in a number of countries, 24/7, provide tens of thousands a day and millions of miles a year is a challenge. Fortunately we have the best team in Starship which I am grateful for making this possible. It may have taken 6 years to sell the first million, but we hope the next million will take a few months!
Today we have re-established UCLA, which is known as one of the top schools in the US, and we offer from restaurants including Blaze Pizza, Bruin Buzz, Lu Valle, and South Lights. Bridgewater State University (Massachusetts) is also available here from restaurants including Starbucks Cafe and Bears Den.
These additional funds come at a time when interest rates are rising on the retail industry. Uncontrolled delivery is one of the most reliable ways to protect vulnerable people and to support the distance between the COVID-19 epidemic. We are proud to offer food and non-consensual shopping at a very difficult time for many people. The demand has increased 5x in the vicinity since the beginning of the plague.
We will continue to see significant growth since we started offering commercial services in 2018. Last year, Starship launched several new company records and expanded to other college classes including Arizona State University (ASU), University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and UC Irvine. In addition to the opening work in Mountain View, CA, we also began shipping to Modesto, CA with our new partner, Save Mart Company.
If you want to solve the problem and want to have a positive role in your community, as well as the environment, we would love to hear from you as we are writing a number of projects right now. We plan to grow the Starship team by about 40-50% this year alone. Bring 2021!