Zach Rash, CEO and Co-founder at Coco: $60 Million Raised to Bring Food Delivery Robots to Market

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak to Zach Rash, CEO and Co-founder of Coco, a food delivery robot that's raised $60 Million in funding.

Topics discussed: 

• Zach’s background in mechanical engineering and wanting to build something for the physical world
• Why Sam Altman, Coco’s largest investor, is an inspiration for Zach
• Using tech and a remote work model to build a product that makes food delivery cheaper for merchants and buyers, and the ins and outs of Coco’s workings
• Regulatory headaches, why Coco doesn’t steal jobs from human food deliverers, and how it contributes to sustainability
• Dealing with competition, lessons learned from fundraising, and Zach’s view for the future of Coco

 

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