Swiss drone logistics company Matternet has launched a partnership with Dave’s Hot Chicken to launch a drone delivery pilot in Southern California.

The service was debuted in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridg, where eligible residents got the opportunity to order Dave’s Hot Chicken through the Dave’s app and receive it directly to their homes via Matternet’s autonomous M2 drones — arriving hot, fresh, and fast.

Matternet builds the Matternet M2 drone and Matternet Software Platform and operates its technology directly for customers or in partnership with logistics organisations, such as UPS.

“Each day, more than 10 million food deliveries move through our cities in 2-ton cars, adding traffic and pollution,” said Andreas Raptopoulos, Founder and CEO of Matternet.

“Drones will replace millions of those trips — delivering meals faster, cleaner, and with no human contact beyond the restaurant and the customer. Our partnership with Dave's shows the future of food delivery.”

Orders are prepared at Dave’s Northridge Reseda location and delivered to approved homes in Northridge. The partnership builds on Matternet’s successful home delivery service in Silicon Valley, which has been operating since October 2024.

“Innovation is part of our DNA at Dave’s Hot Chicken,” said Leon Davoyan, Chief Technology Officer of Dave’s Hot Chicken. “By using drones, we’re delivering our food in a way that takes it straight from the kitchen to our loyal customers’ hands.

Matternet says this partnership marks another milestone in building the infrastructure for next-generation logistics, expanding from healthcare into food and retail to transform how goods move through cities.