The global leader in autonomous delivery

We believe in the seamless movement of products, in order to make life both easier and more convenient for people and businesses.

Starship Technologies is using autonomous delivery robots to revolutionise local delivery. Delivering items such as groceries, food takeaways and packages, Starship now operates in over 60 locations across the world.

Starship Technologies knows the autonomous delivery industry best, because we created it!

Launched in 2014 by Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, we now have delivery robots completing tens of thousands of autonomous deliveries every day.

Autonomous delivery is no longer a future concept - and we believe robots are a vital in solving last-mile delivery challenges. In total, Starship delivery robots have completed over 5 million autonomous deliveries - the first and only robot delivery company to do so!

Starship’s business headquarters are in San Francisco, the company also has engineering offices in Estonia & Helsinki and a UK presence including London and Milton Keynes.

You can find out more about career opportunities with Starship here

Starship Technologies Facts & Figures

  • Jul 2014

    • Company founded

  • Aug 2014

    • First robot prototype created

  • Nov 2015

    • Launch out of stealth

  • Jun 2016

    • 5,000km of driving

  • Aug 2016

    • One million people encountered

  • Jan 2017

    • Starship announces $17.2m in funding

  • May 2017

    • 50,000km of driving

  • August 2017

    • 100 cities tested in

  • September 2017

    • Twelve million people encountered

  • October 2017

    • 100,000km of driving

  • March 2018

    • Starship completes world first commercial L4 autonomous driving in cities

  • April 2018

    • Service launched in Milton Keynes

  • June 2018

    • Starship announces $25m in funding

  • January 2019

    • Service launched at George Mason University campus

  • March 2019

    • Service launched at Northern Arizona University

  • April 2019

    • 50,000 deliveries completed

  • August 2019

    • Starship announces $40m in funding

  • August 2019

    • 100,000 deliveries completed

  • September 2019

    • Service launched at Purdue University

  • October 2019

    • Service launched at Wisconsin Madison University

  • October 2019

    • Service launched at University of Houston

  • November 2019

    • Five million road crossings completed

  • December 2019

    • Service launched at UT Dallas

  • January 2020

    • Service launched at University of Mississippi

  • March 2020

    • Six new cities launched

  • March 2020

    • Service launched at Bowling Green University

  • August 2020

    • 500,000 deliveries completed

  • August 2020

    • Service launched at Arizona State University

  • August 2020

    • Service launched at James Madison University

  • August 2020

    • Service launched at Georgia Southern University

  • November 2020

    • Service launched in Northampton, UK

  • January 2021

    • Raised additional $17m

  • January 2021

    • Service launched at UCLA and BSU campuses

  • January 2021

    • Completed 1,000,000 autonomous deliveries

  • May 2021

    • Starship announces new CEO, Alastair Westgarth

  • September 2021

    • Service launched in Tallinn

  • September 2021

    • Starship announces expanded partnership with Co-op for 500 robots and multiple new cities

  • October 2021

    • Completed 2,000,000 autonomous deliveries

  • January 2022

    • Service launched at SMU campus

  • January 2022

    • Completed €50m funding partnership with the European Investment Bank

  • February 2022

    • Completed 3,000,000 autonomous deliveries

  • March 2022

    • Starship announces $100m in funding raised in last 30 days including Series B

  • April 2022

    • Service launched in Espoo, Finland

  • October 2022

    • Starship announces partnership with Grubhub

  • November 2022

    • Completed 4,000,000 autonomous deliveries

  • November 2022

    • Service launched at Ball State University

  • November 2022

    • Service launched at Missouri S&T

  • November 2022

    • Service launched in Cambridge, UK

  • December 2022

    • Service launched in Leeds, UK

  • December 2022

    • Service launched at The University of Tulsa

  • February 2023

    • Starship expands to more campuses with Grubhub including ECU and Baylor

  • February 2023

    • Service launched at Notre Dame

  • March 2023

    • Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023

  • March 2023

    • Service launched at The University of North Carolina, Charlotte

  • March 2023

    • Starship extends partnership with Co-op in Greater Manchester

  • April 2023

    • 10,000,000km of driving completed

  • May 2023

    • Starship announces partnership with S-Group

  • May 2023

    • Completed 5,000,000 autonomous deliveries

  • June 2023

    • Starship announces partnership with Bolt

  • August 2023

    • Starship announces expansion to 50 college campuses in the US

  • September 2023

    • Starship expands service with S-Group to nine cities in Finland

  • February 2024

    • Completed 6,000,000 autonomous deliveries

  • February 2024

    • Starship announces $90M in funding

Starship Technologies Leadership Team

  • Ahti Heinla

    Co-founder, CEO

  • Anneli Aljas

    VP of Finance

  • Mary Adams

    General Counsel

  • Heidy Kerma

    VP of People Operations and Internal Infrastructure

  • Taavi Pungas

    VP of Cloud Software

  • Pepe Aaviksoo

    VP of Global Remote Operations

  • Risto Meskus

    SVP of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Field and Service Operations

  • Chris Neider

    VP of Business Development