Zoox

Autonomous-vehicle company founded ~2014 by Jesse Levinson and Tim Kentley-Klay, acquired by Amazon in 2020 for over $1 billion. Zoox develops a purpose-built, bidirectional robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, plus a retrofitted Toyota Highlander test fleet. On August 10, 2026, Zoox launched its first-ever paid commercial ride-hailing service in Las Vegas, following NHTSA's July 30 temporary exemption allowing up to 2,500 vehicles annually for two years. Free demonstration rides continue in San Francisco (SoMa). Zoox also tests with human safety operators in Austin, Miami, Seattle, and Los Angeles using retrofitted Highlanders. The company has faced significant regulatory scrutiny including three NHTSA software recalls in 2025 and ongoing probes. Amazon has positioned Zoox as its entry into autonomous ride-hailing, though it trails Waymo in commercial deployment scale.

Zoox has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Zoox Robotaxi (Zoox builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Zoox is not an independent public company; it has been acquired, per the DEPLOY registry.

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Zoox building in the same form factors include Tesla, Waymo, Aurora Innovation, Nuro.

Aicha Evans is the ceo of Zoox, per the DEPLOY registry.

Zoox has no separately traded stock; it has been acquired.

Zoox is headquartered in Foster City, California, USA.

Zoox has raised approximately $1.8B in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Zoox has been acquired and is no longer independently owned.

Zoox operates 30 verified deployments, including at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, United States, Miami, Florida, USA.

DEPLOY has 30 verified Zoox deployments on record at sites including Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, United States, Miami, Florida, USA. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Zoox ranks in roughly the top 8% of companies tracked by the registry.

Zoox was founded in 2014.

104 active incidents involving Zoox are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

Zoox has 104 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 26 recalls and 78 incidents on record (7 serious, 30 moderate, 66 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.