# Starship Technologies

> Starship Technologies builds and operates small autonomous sidewalk robots for local deliveries. After using U.S. university campuses to develop its network, it shifted resources toward grocery and hot-food routes in cities, where its Finnish partnership has shown sustained demand.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Ahti Heinla (Co-founder and CEO), Janus Friis (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, Grocery delivery network, Delivery platform integrations, Industrial-site delivery, Robot advertising
- **Notable:** Passed 10 million cumulative deliveries by April 2026., Reported over 3,000 robots across more than 300 locations in eight countries in 2026., Completed one million grocery orders with S Group in Finland by December 2025.

## Products & services

- **Autonomous sidewalk delivery robots** — Battery-powered, six-wheeled robots that carry up to three grocery bags and deliver within a short radius of stores.
- **Grocery delivery network** — Robot delivery integrated with retailers and local stores, including S Group in Finland and Co-op in the UK.
- **Delivery platform integrations** — Robot fulfillment for partner apps including Bolt Food, foodora, Uber Eats and Just Eat in selected markets.
- **Industrial-site delivery** — On-site movement of spare parts, samples and internal mail.
- **Robot advertising** — Branded robot wraps, digital messaging and sampling campaigns.

## Achievements

- Passed 10 million cumulative deliveries by April 2026.
- Reported over 3,000 robots across more than 300 locations in eight countries in 2026.
- Completed one million grocery orders with S Group in Finland by December 2025.
- Reported about 125,000 road and driveway crossings daily in 2026.
- Reached 97% approval among 5,000 surveyed U.S. college students in a company survey published January 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Announced a shift to urban grocery and hot-food delivery and wind-down of U.S. campus operations, with more than 1,200 robots earmarked for redeployment.
- **2026-04** — Reported 10 million cumulative deliveries, 3,000-plus robots and 300-plus locations in eight countries.
- **2026-02** — Launched a UK hot-food delivery partnership with Just Eat, beginning in Sunderland.
- **2025-12** — S Group and Starship marked one million robot grocery orders in Finland.

## Links

- Website: https://www.starship.xyz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/starshiptechnologies/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/starshiprobots
- GitHub: https://github.com/starship-technologies
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XAfJfuf73xLjheIMELkZg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starshiprobots/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarshipRobots
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starshiprobots

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Last updated: 2026-09-29