Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
@Keller
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Founder and CEO @Zipline. Previously, built DNA/RNA computers and climbing walls. Harvard grad. Ex-professional rock climber.
San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2010
We just made the first delivery to a customer (the Fire Dept) with Platform 2, Zipline’s next-gen automated delivery service. This will save people time and money, expand access to healthcare, reduce traffic, and transition last mile delivery to a zero-emission future 🍃🌱🐛
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Great to chat with @andrewrsorkin and @BeckyQuick on @SquawkCNBC this morning about our $150 million deal with @StateDept, that will be matched by up to $400 million from African governments
Our $150M deal with the State Department will save more lives in Africa & bring manufacturing back to the USA all at the same time Catch @Keller break it down on @SquawkCNBC this morning:
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Was staying with a friend in LA, and learned that cartel gang members are posing as delivery drivers, walking onto people’s property, casing all of the security systems, and then breaking in the next day to steal everything. This seems insane. 🤯😱
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Folks are experiencing autonomous delivery for the first time
Drone delivery is becoming a reality. @zipline in partnership with @Walmart allows for super fast delivery in Dallas. We tested it out. Impressive accuracy and minimal noise. Texas should be a leader in this technology! @Keller @ryanzip
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Good morning. On today’s show: – @mkratsios47 (White House) – @KianSadeghi5 (Nucleus Genomics) – @cremieuxrecueil – @thestalwart (Bloomberg) – @klarnaseb (Klarna) – @Keller (Zipline) – @rbfasho (clearspace) – David Faguno (1Password) See you on the stream.
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The U.S. Department of State and @Zipline are realizing the America First Global Health Strategy by investing in American-made robotics to advance sustainable and resilient health systems. We are delivering foreign assistance in line with our national interests that is more
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Today, the Department of State announced an agreement to provide up to $150 million to Zipline International Inc. to expand access to life-saving medical supplies, including blood and medicines,...
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Spoke about our announcement today with @collision while I was on Cheeky Pint a few weeks ago:
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This is a big shift for US policy. We’re now deploying AI and robotics infrastructure into the developing world to save lives and help countries leapfrog into the future and turbocharge their economies. This will help secure US tech and manufacturing leadership for next decade
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Countries bet on Zipline because it saves lives and saves money. A recent study found that we were the most cost-effective way of vaccinating zero-dose children ever studied (.66 cents per child)
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The first country joining this compact is Rwanda. We are tripling the size of our network there (again!), adding new critical medical and agriculture products to the service, building a new distribution center there and also launching Platform 2 to serve all addresses in Kigali
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Today we’re making one of the biggest announcements in Zipline’s history. We have signed a $150m contract with the US State Dept that will come with $400m of co-commitments from our African partner govts. This will expand life saving autonomous delivery to 130m people in Africa
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super excited that after leading the Cybertuck program, Sid is now joining Zipline to lead some of our most critical products and work streams
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Program Manager at @zipline Extremely excited to bring delightful fast delivery experience to customers My first impression with Zipline was looking at their expansive operations in Africa delivering life-saving healthcare
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Now that we've launched Zipping Points, we can pick up packages and deliver autonomously from literally any location. Here's a Zip grabbing a package from one of our restaurant partners. Will take so many cars off the road over the coming years!
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David, you have to let me show you around Zipline. I have an idea for you. @davidchang @tbpn
The only way drone delivery will fix hot food delivery is if the drone literally cooks it mid-air. Chef @davidchang breaks down the logistics of drone delivery for food:
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