Domino’s Pizza Inc and Nuro Inc, a Silicon Valley startup, will launch robotic pizza delivery in Houston this week.
Nuro, founded by two former Google engineers in 2016, raised $940 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund and secured an undisclosed amount of equity investment from Woven Capital, the mobility investment arm of a Toyota Motor subsidiary.
The delivery service will begin at a Domino’s outlet in Houston, expanding to “many customers in many locations” as part of a long-term partnership, said Cosimo Leipold, Nuro’s head of partner relations.
Leipold said Nuro, which has partnered with retailers Kroger Co, Walmart Inc and CVS Health Corp to deliver groceries and prescriptions, said its weekly deliveries nearly tripled in the first three months of the pandemic.
