--- title: Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major U.S.... description: Manna Aero, an Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, is launching a U.S. operations and manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, expected to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/autonomous-drone-delivery-startup-manna-plots-major-u-s-expansion-zqksz4fob twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major U.S. expansion | daily.dev og:description: Manna Aero, an Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, is launching a U.S. operations and manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, expected to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/autonomous-drone-delivery-startup-manna-plots-major-u-s-expansion-zqksz4fob og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zqkSZ4FOb.png og:image:alt: Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major U.S. expansion og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major U.S. expansion **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Manna Aero, an Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, is launching a U.S. operations and manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, expected to employ around 1,000 people over several years. Backed by a $50M Series B, the company plans to scale to 200–300 operations staff within 12 months and is evaluating six additional U.S. cities for expansion by end of 2027. Manna competes with Zipline, Amazon, and Google's Wing, using tether-lowering drones and a delivery-as-a-service model with partners like DoorDash and Uber Eats. The expansion is driven by favorable FAA and Trump administration regulatory policies, and the company has already been operating in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 2023. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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