Amazon acquired Rivera company that uses physical AI and legged robots on wheels to automate doorstep delivery.
RIVR CEO and Co-Founder Marco Belonek The acquisition was announced on Thursday (March 19). mail On LinkedIn, several media reports said that an Amazon spokesperson confirmed the deal.
“This move will accelerate our vision of building general physical AI through doorstep delivery, bringing robotics and AI closer to real-world deployment at scale,” Belonek said in his post.
“I’m very proud of what RIVR has built, and even more excited about what we’ll achieve next at Amazon,” Belonek added.
Information I mentioned On Thursday, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed that Amazon has acquired RIVR.
RIVR is based in Switzerland and was formerly known as Swiss-Mile, according to the report.
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CNBC I mentioned On Thursday, Amazon confirmed its acquisition of RIVR and that the company made the purchase this week but did not announce it.
An Amazon spokesperson told CNBC that the move “reflects our commitment to continued investment in research” and efforts to improve the safety of the company’s delivery employees, according to the report.
PYMNTS reported in August 2024, when RIVR was known as Swiss-Mile, that Swiss-Mile raised $22 million in Seed round Investors include Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Bezos Missions.
The company, now known as RIVR, was founded in 2023. It said in an August 2024 press release that it had developed legged, wheeled robots with AI-driven autonomy, and that in its first year it had “achieved early successes with pilot deployments among key customers, including last-mile delivery in smart cities and critical infrastructure security.”
The company rebranded it as RIVR in March 2025 as it prepared for its field test launch Delivery robots In partnership with major logistics transportation companies.
RIVR said in May 2025 press release Which was launched in the US through a partnership with an alternative package delivery platform Vihu. The companies have already introduced RIVR robots with wheeled legs in Austin, where they will deliver e-commerce packages, she said.
“With the exponential rise in e-commerce, the last mile has become the most important — and complex — link in the logistics chain,” Belonek said in the release.
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