Cliffton: Packages under eight pounds comprise 95 percent of Amazon deliveries
Keller Rinaudo Clifton · Science Corner Special! David Friedberg, Cleo Abram, Alex Filippenko, and Keller Rinaudo Cliffton · Sep 30, 2025 · at 1:00:18
Keller Rinaudo Clifton, CEO of Zipline, explains how Zipline's drone payload capacity addresses the vast majority of e-commerce and food delivery needs.
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“The system is designed to deliver up to eight pounds, and eight pounds gets you like, 95% of all packages delivered by Amazon. I think it's like, 95% of food delivery orders.”
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