Forbes October 29, 2021
Diana Tsai

It’s Zipline’s 5 year anniversary, and this Good Unicorn has been busy! Over the last 5 years, Zipline’s autonomous aircraft (drones) have delivered 4.5 million doses of critical medical supplies (like blood and COVID vaccines) to those who most need it (Zipline currently delivers 75% of Rwanda’s blood supply outside of its capital, Kigali). Zipline’s on-demand delivery infrastructure eliminates wastage for healthcare systems and provides critical healthcare in five countries, serving 25 million people to date.

In this interview, Keenan Wyrobek, founder and CTO of Zipline shares how he built this Good Unicorn, why it’s a moral imperative to build a profitable business, and why having fun when things get really hard is at the core of what makes...

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