Training Data · Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Zipline co-founder Keller Rinaudo rejects the 'drone company' label, stating that customers are more interested in the automated logistics system and the experience of fast, cost-effective delivery. He explained that Zipline aims to be an automated logistics system for Earth, approximating tele-transportation.
“I mean, you know, we we've always wanted to be an extremely customer obsessed company and the reality is none of our customers care at all about drones.”
“You know, like we our goal was always to build an automated logistics system for Earth and to approximate tele-transportation.”
“What they care about is their ability to like download an app, open it up, you know, see a huge number of different brands and amazing, you know, restaurants that they want to shop with and then click a button and have it delivered to them five minutes later.”