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Serve Robotics Turns Its Own Fleet Into an Open Platform for Robot Builders

Serve Robotics, the company that turned Uber’s Postmates into sidewalk‑delivery bots in 2021, is now aiming to be the AWS for robots.

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Serve Robotics, the company that turned Uber’s Postmates into sidewalk‑delivery bots in 2021, is now aiming to be the AWS for robots. Last week the firm, which went public in 2024, announced Physical AI Services, a trio of tools that let other builders plug their machines into powerful cloud AI, sift through real‑world data, and tap a catalog of models trained on its own sidewalk fleet.

Bedrock Robotics, a construction‑equipment startup, and T‑Mobile are already testing the service, while the CEO says the move is only possible because the company has spent years running its own fleet. By turning its proprietary connectivity and data stack into an open platform, Serve hopes to lower the technical barrier for farms, warehouses and other unstructured environments.

Watch whether the robot ecosystem starts to mirror the cloud‑first model that made AWS a household name.

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Original author: Kirsten Korosec

Original publication: 6 November 2026 02:45

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