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Drone Delivery News: Issue 01
Another exciting week in drone delivery!
Andrew Hazen
April 04, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
🌟 Editor's Note
Welcome to another exciting week in drone delivery and vibrant tech! We've got a packed newsletter full of insights, events, and inspiring stories from the heart of innovation.
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🚀 Latest Drone Delivery News
The Rise of Generative AI in Unexpected Places
Mesquite, TX Announces Walmart Drone Delivery: Drone delivery service is within a 2-mile radius with packaged limited to 8 pounds
China’s First Cross-City e-Commerce Low-Altitude Logistics Airline Launched between Guangzhou and Dongguan: Marking the successful test flight
The Drone-Delivery Service Beating Amazon to Your Front Door: It pulled back the curtain on its system to bring what it calls “teleportation” to backyards, driveways and parking lots across the U.S.
Amazon Drone Delivery is Back in Action: After a two-month hiatus, Amazon Prime Air delivery drones have returned
Amazon Drone Delivery is Back in Action
🦄 Startup Spotlight
Manna Air Delivery Raises $30M in Funding to Further Grow Drone Delivery Service
Company has begun testing in the Nordics, is eyeing entry to UK and has signed deals with delivery groups JustEat and DoorDash.
The Backstory: Life's too short for waiting. Get your stuff from the sky instead. Manna delivers food, essentials, and more – minus the roads, traffic, and waiting. Just tap what you need and look up.
Key Innovation: Your order arrives in just 3 minutes
Funding: $30M round, led by existing investors Molten Ventures and Tapestry VC, with Enterprise Ireland, Coca-Cola HBC, Dynamo VC and Radius Capital also participating.
Manna drone delivery has raised another $30M in funding
🔥 In Case You Missed It…
Legal & Zoning Roundup
🏆 Image of the Week
 March Madness Snacks Delivered by Drone | Bob Rodriguez: Tech Innovator🌉 Background: Software engineer and digital health entrepreneur from San Francisco 👑 Achievement: Recently developed an AI-powered diagnostic tool that reduces medical screening times by 60% for early-stage cancer detection 🙈 Quirk: Proudly carries a vintage flip phone, a stark contrast to his cutting-edge AI work |
Eating From Drone Food Delivery
Trying drone food delivery service in China…
Did You Know? Drone delivery is projected to be a $39 billion industry by 2030.
📈 That’s sky-high growth — and the perfect time to get involved in this booming space.
Till next time,