{"id":78547,"date":"2025-05-22T14:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/serve-is-betting-that-food-delivery-and-access-to-public-markets-are-the-keys-to-scaling-robotics\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:43:58","slug":"serve-is-betting-that-food-delivery-and-access-to-public-markets-are-the-keys-to-scaling-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/serve-is-betting-that-food-delivery-and-access-to-public-markets-are-the-keys-to-scaling-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Serve is betting that food delivery and access to public markets are the keys to scaling robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today on Equity (<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) , Rebecca Bellan caught up with Ali Kashani (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alikashani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alikashani\/<\/a>) , <!--more--> co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics (<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/tag\/serve-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/tag\/serve-robotics\/<\/a>) , to unpack how Serve is navigating public markets, scaling real-world robotics, and building what it hopes is the future of last-mile delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full episode to hear more about:<\/p>\n<p>  \u2022  <\/p>\n<p>     How Serve went from a lidar-focused startup to a publicly traded company via reverse merger in 2023<\/p>\n<p>  \u2022  <\/p>\n<p>     What it takes to scale a delivery fleet across cities like L.A., Miami, and Dallas<\/p>\n<p>  \u2022  <\/p>\n<p>     Why Kashani says Serve\u2019s sidewalk bots collect four times more visual data per day than GPT-4\u2019s vision model<\/p>\n<p>  \u2022  <\/p>\n<p>     How ground robots and drones might work together to finally crack last-mile logistics<\/p>\n<p>Equity will be back Friday with our weekly news round-up, and special Google I\/O coverage from Max. 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