Matternet, a global leader in urban drone delivery, today announced it’s entering the home delivery market with the launch of the first-ever drone delivery service in Silicon Valley. Matternet’s technology platform will enable ultra-fast, zero-emissions delivery of food and commercial items to consumers’ homes.
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A Mountain View, California, resident receives a package as part of Matternet’s pilot launch of the first-ever drone delivery operation in Silicon Valley. (Photo: Business Wire)
The company has been running an initial pilot since August 30, and now will expand its service in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The pilot program leverages a variant of its Matternet M2 Drone Delivery platform, the only Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certified platform for drone delivery in the United States. Flying in controlled airspace over densely populated areas, the M2 drones are equipped with a Tether Drop system, allowing them to lower packages directly to customers’ doorsteps, providing a completely new delivery experience.
“After years of advancing drone delivery in healthcare, we’re excited to launch our first home delivery operation in the heart of Silicon Valley,” said Andreas Raptopoulos, Founder and CEO of Matternet. “We’re entering the next phase of scale in drone delivery — building a new layer of ultra-efficient logistics infrastructure that will become an essential utility for every household.”
The process is fully automated: drones are loaded at a central hub, fly directly to the customer’s home, and descend safely above a customer drop zone to release the package via the tether. Drones then return to the hub, swap their battery and pick up a new package in under 60 seconds, and take off for their next delivery.
“The future is finally here — this is the right delivery experience for the digital age,” Raptopoulos said. “It is so fast, it feels like magic. And every delivery means one less trip by car — less congestion in our cities, and fewer emissions in the air we breathe.”
Matternet’s drone service offers benefits such as reducing road congestion, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, and optimizing delivery efficiency with advanced automation — all while ensuring quiet, privacy-respecting operations.
The program lays the groundwork for a broader roll-out as Matternet prepares to expand operations of its home delivery platform in collaboration with major logistics partners. Early feedback from local residents has been positive, highlighting the speed, convenience, and cutting-edge nature of drone delivery.
Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents interested in participating can sign up at delivery.matternet.com.
To watch a video of the drone in service, go here.
About Matternet
Matternet is the leading developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments. The company builds the Matternet M2 drone and Matternet Software Platform and operates its technology directly for customers or in partnership with logistics organizations, such as UPS. Matternet has achieved many industry firsts, including being the first company to be authorized for commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone delivery operations over cities in Switzerland, the first to launch routine revenue-generating operations in the U.S., and the first to achieve standard Type Certification and Production Certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Matternet is partnered with UPS and Ameriflight, who have received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate the Matternet M2 under Part 135. Matternet, launched the world’s first humanitarian drone delivery missions in 2014, the first B2B healthcare operations in Europe in 2017 and in the US in 2019. To date, Matternet technology has enabled tens of thousands of commercial flights over dense urban and suburban environments in the U.S. and Europe.
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