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A Zipline study reveals that a one-minute reduction in quoted delivery time results in a 1% increase in conversion rates. Speed is everything when customers are hungry. With half of consumers blaming restaurants—not the app or driver—for late deliveries, getting delivery right is more important than ever. Read our analysis of the top challenges restaurants face in meeting customer expectations and how one emerging technology, drone delivery, can provide the answers you've been looking for. We’ve spent years designing our new drone platform for speed, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability. Plus a touch of magic you have to see to believe. https://lnkd.in/g4qAVF7D

Q: So, what happens when different companies have their aircraft flying autonomously in the same airspace? A: Uncrewed Traffic Management (UTM) happens. We’re working to make universal software so that our Zips and other drones can talk to each other in the sky. We’re at this week’s Global UTM Association (GUTMA)’s Harmonized Skies conference in Dallas, meeting up with fellow operators, plus the FAA and other civil regulatory agencies. If you’re in town, make sure to catch Chris Lyons's panel tomorrow plus live demos of our tech. TL;DR: We demonstrate our dedication to safety ?? FAA monitors performance, lets us keep innovating, and everybody wins. #HarmonizedSkies2024

This week’s #COP29 reinforced our moral duty to rapidly reduce emissions and preserve our planet. That’s why we’re reinventing how we deliver vital medical supplies and everyday goods using drones—society can’t keep relying on personal taxis to deliver pizzas. There is a better way. 69% of consumers are likely to order sustainable food options. Millennials and Gen Z, in particular, are even willing to pay an average of 20% more for sustainable meals. Drone deliveries significantly cut down on carbon emissions and open up new opportunities for zero-waste kitchens that aren’t possible when relying on traditional delivery methods.

75% of Rwanda’s blood supply, outside of the capital, was delivered by Zipline as of 2019. And it all started with people: Rwandan president Paul Kagame decided to try something with Zipline’s cofounders, Keller Rinaudo Cliffton and Keenan Wyrobek. Today, with 4 billion people lacking easy access to healthcare around the world, Zipline’s mission is more crucial—and its drones are more far-reaching—than ever. Listen to the story of #69 on the Great Designs of Modern Times list developed by ID and Fortune: https://lnkd.in/dUkyGppP #Podcast #Healthcare #Zipline #DronesForGood #ID #design #logistics #tech #supplychain #socialimpact

Our journey to building the world's largest autonomous logistics network was not without its hurdles. Failure often seemed more likely than success—which happens all too often in global health, where even well-funded innovations can falter by stopping too early, ignoring reality, or failing to scale. In this Stanford Social Innovation Review article written with Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair, we reflect on the past decade of building and driving adoption of new technology, against some pretty significant odds. We hope our experience—fueled by our “stubborn fanaticism” and unwillingness to fail—can offer lessons to help others bring new solutions to market effectively. https://bit.ly/4hxXqNA

Join us on our journey to build a new way for people to receive medical supplies, food, and everyday goods across the world. Check out these new openings, and browse all our positions at https://bit.ly/3MsQwuK. - State + Local Government Affairs, Dallas-Fort Worth: https://bit.ly/3UyITax - Community Engagement Lead: https://bit.ly/4en1OwP - Lead Embedded Software Engineer: https://bit.ly/3Yw5GoT - Flight Test Operator: https://bit.ly/3Utfsqj - Senior Software Automation Engineer (HIL): https://bit.ly/3UAfXiF

Zipline Live: This Wednesday

Every design has a story. This Wednesday, join us for a look into the making of a Zipline Droid. Live: Wed, Oct 30, 1:30pm PT. To RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gqTeTnBX

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Community engagement, operations, and the future of delivery