Coco Robotics

Zach Rash and Brad Squicciarini met at UCLA and developed early robots through connected and autonomous vehicle research. They founded Coco in 2020 and began deliveries in Los Angeles.⁠[1][2][3]

Legal counsel O&A confirmed Coco’s $36 million Series A. Its robots were then remotely piloted, served merchants within a few miles, used locked compartments and had field-team support for problems.⁠[4]

Coco and Uber announced integration with Uber Eats, starting in Los Angeles. The release described existing operations in Los Angeles and Finland and plans for wider US and European expansion alongside direct merchant relationships.⁠[3]

DoorDash launched Coco delivery in Los Angeles and Chicago through nearly 600 participating merchants, building on a Wolt pilot in Helsinki. Eligible DoorDash orders could be assigned to robots within the app.⁠[5]

Coco disclosed $80 million in strategic financing from investors including Sam and Max Altman, Pelion, Outlander, SNR, Offline, DeepWater and Ryan Graves, supporting AI, fleet growth and enterprise partnerships. It reported more than 500,000 completed deliveries.⁠[6]

CTO Brad Squicciarini described using operational data for end-to-end navigation policies and simulation, and announced Bolei Zhou’s arrival as chief AI scientist.⁠[7]

Coco and DoorDash expanded their partnership to Miami and added grocery and everyday-essential deliveries through DashMart, following pilots exceeding 14,000 deliveries.⁠[8]

Coco launched its second-generation robot with onboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX computing and simulation-based development. The announcement explicitly allowed bike-lane and road operation where permitted, expanding beyond its sidewalk-first origins.⁠[9]

The companies announced use of Niantic Spatial’s visual positioning system to address degraded GPS localization in urban canyons and improve navigation around complex pickup locations.⁠[10]

Wolt and Coco announced a roughly ten-robot rollout in central Turku, with first customer deliveries scheduled for March 26. Customers could track orders and unlock compartments through Wolt’s app.⁠[11]

Coco announced that Foodpanda and JOKR entrepreneur Ralf Wenzel joined its board, bringing cross-market logistics experience. The release also cited deployments in San Jose, Jersey City and Finnish cities.⁠[12]

Coco and Deliveroo announced an exclusive UK partnership, starting at Canary Wharf’s Wood Wharf in October, with Milton Keynes, Leeds, Stockton-on-Tees and Nottingham planned next. UK robots operate at locally controlled walking speeds; riders continue handling most orders.⁠[13]

Coco 2’s product page lists a 21 km/h top speed, 32 km range and capacity for four 18-inch pizzas. Navigation combines cameras, lidar, GPS and human oversight; specifications do not determine locally permitted operating speeds or routes.⁠[14]

The website is cocodelivery.com, X is @CocoRobotics and LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry is /company/cocodelivery/. Its homepage identifies a Venice Beach headquarters in Los Angeles.⁠[15][16][17]