Postmates spin-off Serve Robotics raises $13M to grow its sidewalk delivery fleet

Serve Robotics
Serve Robotics, a spin-off of Postmates, which Uber acquired, has raised seed funding to expand its fleet of sidewalk delivery robots.Read More

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