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Zipline Hits $20 Billion Valuation as Walmart Deal Expands
Drone delivery startup Zipline closed a $1 billion funding round, valuing the company at $20 billion, as it expands its commercial partnership with Walmart in the US. Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo speaks with Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow about what it took to grow the company to this point, how demand has sho
What the coverage shows
Both outlets frame the story as Zipline raising major new funding while widening its Walmart relationship, with the Walmart expansion central in each headline and extract. TechCrunch and one Bloomberg item put the valuation at $21.5 billion, while Bloomberg’s later headline says $20 billion and its earlier one says $21 billion. Only Bloomberg adds extra detail about the size of the round, the number of Walmart drone sites, and a CEO interview.
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