Serve Robotics Expands Last-Mile Delivery Network with Wonder and Grubhub

Serve Robotics Inc. has partnered with Grubhub, a subsidiary of Wonder, to bring autonomous robot delivery to the Grubhub marketplace, beginning in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Alexandria, Virginia.

The rollout includes more than 100 participating Grubhub merchants in Chicago and nearly 200 in Los Angeles, with additional restaurants expected to join. Wonder’s Alexandria location will also offer delivery through Serve’s autonomous network.

Ali Kashani, Co-Founder and CEO of Serve Robotics, stated:

“Welcoming Wonder and Grubhub to our network is the clearest signal yet of where we are headed. Every new partner puts more robots to work, and every delivery makes the whole fleet smarter.”

Serve also expanded its geographic footprint by launching in Washington, DC and San Jose, California, both in partnership with DoorDash. The two cities represent Serve’s seventh and eighth major U.S. markets.

In Miami, Serve is preparing its first microdepot, a small-footprint operating site designed for robot staging, charging, dispatch, and maintenance. The company says the model can help it enter new neighborhoods faster and at lower cost.

Serve company Diligent Robotics has also begun rolling out its next-generation Moxi 2.0 hospital robot. The updated system offers up to 15 times faster perception, 10 times onboard compute, improved autonomy, upgraded sensors and storage, and up to 18 hours of operation.

The company additionally previewed Beacon, a cellular countertop product that alerts restaurant staff when a robot arrives for pickup without requiring a tablet or other added hardware.

Serve Advertising also introduced Characters, an interactive brand experience built on Serve robots. Its first character, Chomp, is a hamburger-wrapped robot co-created with Grubhub and powered by a curated conversational AI model.