30 min

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

    • Entrepreneurship

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
 
Favorite book:
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

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
 
Favorite book:
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

30 min