# Refraction REV-1: Price, Availability & Status (2026)

Refraction AI's REV-1 is a three-wheeled bike-lane delivery vehicle (between sidewalk bot and car), RaaS subscription. Reported shutdown is refuted; still operating. No consumer price.

## Price

_No verified price on record._

There is no consumer price. The REV-1 runs a robots-as-a-service model where customers subscribe to dedicated, brand-customizable robots, so DEPLOY records zero price points.

## Availability

_Status: internal-only_

This is a robots-as-a-service offering for businesses, not a consumer product. From Refraction AI (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the REV-1 runs primarily in the bike lane or road margin, able to use sidewalks where permitted.

## Status

Refraction AI's REV-1 (Refraction AI, founded 2017 in Ann Arbor by University of Michigan professors) is a distinctive three-wheeled delivery vehicle sized between a sidewalk bot and a car: up to 15 mph with about a 280-pound payload, designed for winter and bicycle-courier-style operation, running primarily in the bike lane or road margin while able to use sidewalks where permitted, a regulatory regime between a sidewalk personal delivery device and a road autonomous vehicle. It runs a robots-as-a-service model where customers subscribe to dedicated, brand-customizable robots. A reported wind-down or acquisition is refuted: Refraction is verified still operating through 2024 to 2026 (new CEO Luke Schneider, an Austin office, Chick-fil-A as a marquee client, an active 2026 profile), and the 'Osage Venture Partners exited' label is a venture-portfolio markdown, not a confirmed acquisition or shutdown, so it is not recorded as discontinued. It is at pilot maturity: a roughly 21-person company with a named client and multi-city presence but no independently verified scale figures.

## Compare

| Model | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Serve Robotics](/price/serve-gen3) | No consumer price | absence (Commercial (NASDAQ: SERV)) |
| [Starship](/price/starship-bot) | No consumer price | absence (Commercial (at scale)) |
| [Coco Bot](/price/coco-bot) | No consumer price | absence (Teleoperated (remote pilots)) |
| [Amazon Scout](/price/amazon-scout) | No consumer price | absence (Wound-down (discontinued)) |

## Common questions

### Can I buy a Refraction REV-1?

No. The REV-1 runs a robots-as-a-service model (businesses subscribe to dedicated robots), not a consumer product; there is no consumer price.

### Did Refraction AI shut down?

No. A reported wind-down or acquisition is refuted: Refraction is verified still operating through 2024-2026 (new CEO, Austin office, Chick-fil-A client). The 'Osage exited' label is a VC-portfolio markdown, not a confirmed acquisition or shutdown.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

## Related reading

- [Deploy News: What is a sidewalk delivery robot?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-a-sidewalk-delivery-robot)
- [Deploy News: How DEPLOY verifies](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/how-deploy-verifies)

## On the registry

- [Model record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/refraction-rev-1.md)
- [Manufacturer](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/refraction-ai.md)

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