Uber Technologies announced Thursday it is partnering with Flytrex, an autonomous drone delivery system, to fly food deliveries to its customers. The company said it would roll out the service in U.S. Uber Eats pilot markets by the end of the year.
“Uber aims to build the world’s most flexible, multimodal delivery network — expanding beyond cars, bikes and couriers to sidewalk robots and now autonomous aerial delivery,” Uber said in its statement.
The company, known for its ride-sharing services, said it would also invest in Flytrex to “to accelerate the development and deployment of drone delivery technology” without specifying the size of the investment.
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