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Starship x Grubhub

Grubhub and Starship Technologies partnered to deploy autonomous sidewalk delivery robots across US college campuses (University of Kentucky, UNLV, Wayne State, SMU, Fairfield and more), bringing food delivery to over 170,000 students.

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Type
deployment
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2021-01-01
5.7 years ago
Active for
5.7 years

Who’s involved

Grubhubdeployer

Grubhub is an American online food ordering and delivery platform that deploys autonomous delivery robots through partnerships with [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship-technologies), [Serve Robotics](/companies/serve-robotics), and Avride for last-mile food delivery across US cities and college campuses. Founded in 2004 in Chicago, Grubhub went public on the NYSE (GRUB) in 2014, was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway for $7.3B in 2021, and sold to [Wonder Group](https://wonder.com) for $650M in 2025.

HQNew York, NYgrubhub.com1 partnerships

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Starship Technologiestechnology provider

Autonomous delivery vehicle company founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla (CEO) and Janus Friis. [Starship](/companies/starship) Technologies developed the world's first autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, completing over 8 million autonomous deliveries across 50+ US college campuses and cities. Raised $50M Series C in October 2025, bringing total funding to $80M+. The fleet of 2,700+ robots operates at Level 4 autonomy (99% autonomous) for Uber Eats and campus delivery. Originally founded in Estonia, now HQ in San Francisco.

HQSan Francisco, CAstarship.xyz8 partnerships

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Sources (1)

  1. https://about.grubhub.com/news/grubhub-and-starship-technologies-partner-to-bring-robot-delivery-services-to-college-campuses/

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