Amazon Acquires Rivr, Maker Of A Stair-climbing Delivery Robot

In Brief

Rivr, a Zurich-based autonomous robotics startup known for its stair-climbing transportation robot, has been acquired by Amazon successful a woody that signals nan e-commerce giant’s liking successful doorstep delivery. Terms of nan woody weren’t disclosed.

Rivr co-founder and CEO Marko Bjelonic, who erstwhile described nan four-legged wheeled robot to TechCrunch arsenic a “dog connected roller skates,” shared nan acquisition news on LinkedIn. The Information was first to report nan deal.

Bjelonic said successful his LinkedIn station that nan acquisition will “accelerate our imagination of building General Physical AI done doorstep delivery, bringing robotics and AI person to real-world deployment astatine scale.”

Last year, Rivr launched a aviator programme successful Austin pinch Veho, package transportation company. Bjelonic said, astatine nan time, he hoped to study from nan business pinch Veho and yet standard to 100 bots by 2026. It’s unclear if nan institution was ever capable to scope that milestone.

TechCrunch has reached retired to Rivr for comment.

Rivr sewage nan attraction of Amazon agelong earlier its aviator program. The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Bezos Expeditions invested successful Rivr arsenic portion of a $22.2 cardinal seed information that closed successful 2024, according to Pitchbook. The startup, which had raised a full of $25 million, was past weighted astatine $100 million.

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