--- title: Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a... description: Manna Aero, an Irish autonomous drone delivery startup, is building a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, set to employ around 1,000... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/irish-drone-delivery-startup-manna-is-building-a-1-000-person-us-factory-in-tulsa-to-take-on-zipline-rpof1b9w6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing | daily.dev og:description: Manna Aero, an Irish autonomous drone delivery startup, is building a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, set to employ around 1,000... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/irish-drone-delivery-startup-manna-is-building-a-1-000-person-us-factory-in-tulsa-to-take-on-zipline-rpof1b9w6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rPOf1B9w6.png og:image:alt: Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing 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. # Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Manna Aero, an Irish autonomous drone delivery startup, is building a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, set to employ around 1,000 people. Funded by a $50M raise in April, the company plans to scale to 200–300 operations staff within 12 months and enter six additional US cities by end of 2027. Manna left Ireland due to inadequate planning regulations and is now targeting the US market to compete with Zipline, Amazon, and Google's Wing. The company uses tether-lowering drones and operates a hybrid delivery-as-a-service model with partners including DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Uber Eats. CEO Bobby Healy credited the Trump administration and FAA with providing regulatory momentum for the industry. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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