Cartken anchors the hardware-sale corner of DEPLOY's sidewalk-delivery triangle and is its editorially distinctive member: where Starship and Serve operate their own fleets, Cartken pivoted toward selling vehicles to operator partners (Mitsubishi, Uber Eats, Melco).
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Founded in 2019 by ex-Google 'Bookbot' engineers, Cartken has raised about $22.5 million (468 Capital, Magna International, Shell Ventures, Mitsubishi Electric), with a lineup spanning the Courier sidewalk bot, the industrial Hauler (2025, 660 lb), and an indoor Runner.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. Cartken's pivot is to sell vehicles to operator partners (a B2B hardware sale), not to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points rather than a consumer figure.
Availability
Internal use only
Cartken sells to operator partners, not consumers. Its partners include Mitsubishi, Uber Eats, and Melco; its lineup spans the Courier (Model C) sidewalk bot, the larger industrial Hauler (2025, 660 lb / 300 kg), and an indoor Runner.
Real-world status
Cartken (founded 2019 by ex-Google 'Bookbot' engineers; CEO Christian Bersch) makes the Cartken Courier (Model C), a six-wheeled sidewalk delivery bot, and is the hardware-sale-pivot archetype of the cohort, editorially distinct from Starship and Serve: where they operate their own fleets, Cartken pivoted toward selling vehicles to operator partners. It is operator-supervised, not driverless. It has raised about $22.5 million (468 Capital, Magna International, Shell Ventures, Mitsubishi Electric), and its lineup adds a larger industrial Hauler and an indoor Runner.
Cap-flags: the Courier is operator-supervised, not driverless; and the roughly 100 Hauler vehicles cited in the Melco deployment is an aggregator-quoted figure pending direct Cartken or Melco disclosure.
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There is no consumer price. Cartken's pivot is a B2B hardware sale to operator partners, not a consumer product, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Not as a consumer⊘absence. Cartken's pivot is a B2B hardware sale to operator partners (Mitsubishi, Uber Eats, Melco), not a consumer product; there is no consumer price.
What is distinctive about Cartken?
Its business-model pivot🟢verified: where Starship and Serve operate their own fleets, Cartken pivoted toward selling vehicles to operator partners.
Who are Cartken's partners?
Mitsubishi, Uber Eats, and Melco🟢verified; investors include 468 Capital, Magna International, Shell Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric.
What is the Cartken Hauler?
A larger industrial model (2025) with a 660-pound (300 kg) payload🟢verified, alongside the Courier sidewalk bot and an indoor Runner.
How does Cartken compare to Starship and Serve?
All three are operator-supervised sidewalk delivery🟢verified; Cartken sells hardware to operator partners, while Starship and Serve operate their own fleets (Serve publicly-traded).
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.