The Robot that Rolls: Defining the Rules of Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery

As CEO and co-founder of Starship Technologies, Ahti Heinla has spent a decade proving that the future of urban delivery isn't airborne or underground: it's autonomously rolling down your street. With 10+ million autonomous deliveries worldwide, Starship is the world's only physical AI proven at scale in real-world robotics. In this Founder's Story, Heinla reflects on the conviction it takes to build hardware at scale before the world knew it needed it, what true autonomy demands in the messy reality of city streets, and what Starship's journey reveals about Europe's potential to lead the next wave of intelligent mobility.