Serve Robotics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results


  • Exceeded Q4 and full year 2025 expectations with fourth quarter revenue up roughly 400% year over year to $0.9 million, and full year revenue of $2.7 million, above prior guidance of $2.5 million.

  • Scaled the fleet to 2,000 deployed robots by year end, expanding Serve’s operating footprint to 20 cities across 6 major metropolitan areas

  • Expanded and diversified the platform through new market launches, the addition of DoorDash alongside Uber Eats, growth to 4,500+ merchant partners, and four strategic acquisitions that strengthen Serve’s robotics and AI platform.

  • Raised 2026 revenue outlook to approximately $26 million, driven by continued delivery growth and the addition of Diligent Robotics, which adds recurring revenue and expands Serve’s multi vertical robotics platform.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Serve Robotics Inc. (the “Company” or “Serve”) (Nasdaq: SERV), a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 ended December 31, 2025.

“What our team accomplished last year is extraordinary. We went from operating in a single city to running the largest autonomous sidewalk fleet in the country, and we did it while delivering near-perfect reliability and surpassing our financial targets,” said Dr. Ali Kashani, Serve’s Co-founder and CEO. “But what excites me the most is the durable flywheel we’ve built and enhanced with four strategic acquisitions. Physical AI improves with real-world data, better AI makes the fleet more valuable, and a more valuable fleet funds the next turn of the cycle — from city sidewalks to hospital corridors.”

“We entered 2026 from a position of increasing operational scale and financial strength,” said Brian Read, CFO of Serve. “In 2025, we exceeded our revenue guidance, improved the mix and quality of our revenue base, and maintained substantial liquidity to support our growth strategy. With our raised 2026 revenue outlook and the addition of Diligent Robotics, we believe we are well positioned to expand recurring revenue, invest with discipline, and continue building long term shareholder value.”

Business Highlights

  • National Scale Achieved: Deployed 2,000th robot in mid-December, on time and on plan. Fleet now operates across 20 cities and 6 major metro areas, from Los Angeles to the Washington, D.C. corridor, maintaining a 99.8% delivery completion rate.
  • Accelerating Volume and Revenue: Q4 fleet revenue grew 50% quarter-over-quarter and approximately 159% for the full year. Merchant base expanded to over 4,500 restaurant and retail partners, a more than 10x increase from approximately 400 a year ago.
  • Platform Partnerships: Now operating as a multi-platform fleet with both Uber Eats and DoorDash, covering over 80% of the U.S. food delivery market. Expanded brand partner lineup to include White Castle alongside existing partners Shake Shack, Little Caesars, and Jersey Mike’s.
  • Four Strategic Acquisitions: Completed acquisitions of Vayu Robotics (foundation models for physical AI), Phantom Auto (low-latency connectivity), Diligent Robotics (hospital delivery robots with established revenue operations), and Vebu (kitchen automation). Each acquisition strengthens a specific step of the Serve’s data-models-deployment-monetization flywheel.
  • Revenue Diversification: Revenue mix expanding beyond delivery fees to include branding and advertising, software and data licensing, and recurring healthcare revenue from Diligent Robotics. Underlying recurring revenues grew over 4x during the year, from approximately $200 thousand in Q1 to over $800 thousand in Q4.

Fourth
Quarter and Full Year Financial Highlights

  • Revenue: Revenue of $0.9 million in the fourth quarter exceeded prior guidance and increased roughly 400% compared to fourth quarter 2024. Full year 2025 revenue was $2.7 million, above prior guidance of $2.5 million.
  • Balance
    Sheet: Maintained a strong liquidity position of $260 million in cash and marketable securities as of December 31, 2025, inclusive of the $100 million registered direct offering completed in October 2025.
  • Outlook: Raised 2026 revenue guidance to approximately $26 million and expects 2026 capital expenditures of approximately $25 million.

Supplemental Financial Information

The key metrics and financial tables outlined below are metrics that provide management with additional understanding of the drivers of business performance and the Company’s ability to deliver stockholder return. Investors should not place undue reliance on these metrics as indicators of future or expected results. The Company’s presentation of these metrics may differ from similarly titled metrics presented by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited.


Table 1


Key Metrics

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
  December 31,
2025
  September 30,
2025
  December 31,
2024
  December 31,
2025
  December 31,
2024
Daily Active Robots(1) 547   312   57   273   52
Daily Supply Hours(2) 6,676   3,781   455   3,196   401

(1)   Daily Active Robots: The Company defines daily active robots as the average number of robots performing daily deliveries during the period.
(2)   Daily Supply Hours: The Company defines daily supply hours as the average number of hours the Company’s robots are ready to accept offers and perform daily deliveries during the period.


Table 2


Disaggregation of Revenue

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended   Year Ended
  December 31,
2025
  September 30,
2025
  December 31,
2024
  December 31,
2025
  December 31,
2024
Fleet services $ 648   $ 433   $ 176   $ 1,622   $ 627
Software services   234     254         1,029     1,186
  $ 882   $ 687   $ 176   $ 2,651   $ 1,813



Quarterly Conference Call Information

Management will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss the financial results and provide a corporate update. A live webcast and replay can be accessed from the investor relations page of Serve’s website at investors.serverobotics.com.

Individuals interested in listening to the conference call may do so by dialing 800-715-9871 and referencing conference ID 7680981.

About Serve

Serve Robotics designs and operates autonomous robots that navigate and operate in complex, human-centric environments. Since spinning off from Uber in 2021, Serve has deployed more than 2,000 robots across the U.S., reaching a population of approximately 3 million and supporting delivery for more than 3,600 restaurants. In 2026, Serve acquired Diligent Robotics, expanding its operations beyond sidewalk delivery into indoor service robots used in hospitals. Serve designs both the hardware and software behind its robots, enabling them to operate safely in public and private environments at scale.

For further information about Serve (Nasdaq: SERV), please visit www.serverobotics.com or follow us on social media via X (Twitter), Instagram, or LinkedIn @serverobotics.

Forward
Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the context of the statement and generally arise when we or our management are discussing our beliefs, estimates or expectations. Such statements generally include the words “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “targets,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “expects,” “estimates,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “outlook,” “continues,” or similar expressions. These statements are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance, but represent management’s belief at the time the statements were made regarding future events which are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of our control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company’s future revenue generation, business and investment strategy, timing of robot manufacturing and deployment, ability to expand to additional markets, capabilities of the Company’s robots, outcomes of planned and completed acquisitions, partnerships with multiple delivery platforms, and timing and ability to scale to commercial production.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and in the Company’s subsequent SEC filings. The Company can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations or strategies as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements will be attained or achieved. The forward-looking statements in this presentation are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this presentation.

Non-GAAP Measures of Financial Performance

To supplement the Company’s financial statements, which are presented on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the following non-GAAP measures of financial performance are included in this release: non-GAAP cost of sales, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP operations expense, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, non-GAAP operating expense, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net loss before income taxes, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP earnings per share.

The Company believes that providing this non-GAAP information in addition to the GAAP financial information allows investors to view the financial results in the way the company views its operating results. The Company also believes that providing this information allows investors to not only better understand the Company’s financial performance, but also, better evaluate the information used by management to evaluate and measure such performance.

As such, the Company believes that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures to the readers of its financial statements provides the reader with useful supplemental information that allows for greater transparency in the review of the Company’s financial and operational performance. The Company defines its non-GAAP measures by excluding stock-based compensation.

Reconciliations of GAAP to these adjusted non-GAAP financial measures are included in the tables presented. When analyzing the Company’s operating results, investors should not consider non-GAAP measures as substitutes for the comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

To the extent that the Company presents any forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures, the Company does not present a quantitative reconciliation of such measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure (or otherwise present such forward-looking GAAP measures) because it is impractical to do so.




Table 3


Serve Robotics Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except for per share data)

(Unaudited)

  As of December 31,
2025
  As of December 31,
2024
ASSETS      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 106,239     $ 123,266  
Short-term marketable securities   127,170        
Accounts receivable, net   851       87  
Inventory         310  
Prepaid expenses   6,042       1,397  
Other receivables   696       192  
Other current assets   77        
Total current assets   241,075       125,252  
Property and equipment, net   47,013       11,963  
Long-term marketable securities   26,344        
Intangible assets, net   31,313        
Goodwill   15,530        
Operating lease right-of-use assets   5,369       1,808  
Other non-current assets   1,107       578  
Total assets $ 367,751     $ 139,601  
       
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable $ 5,014     $ 4,902  
Accrued liabilities   6,482       655  
Deferred revenue   2       20  
Operating lease liabilities, current   1,800       666  
Financing lease liabilities, current         564  
Total current liabilities   13,298       6,807  
Operating lease liabilities, non-current   3,454       1,113  
Deferred tax liabilities   255        
Total liabilities   17,008       7,920  
       
Stockholders’ equity:      
Preferred stock, 0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of both December 31, 2025 and 2024          
Common stock, 0.0001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized, 74,781,782 and 51,396,574 shares issued and 74,734,949 and 51,288,566 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively   7       5  
Additional paid-in capital   559,485       239,201  
Accumulated other comprehensive income   138        
Accumulated deficit   (208,886 )     (107,525 )
Total stockholders’ equity   350,744       131,681  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 367,751     $ 139,601  






Table 4


Serve Robotics Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

(In thousands, except for shares and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended   Year Ended
  December 31,
2025
  September 30,
2025
  December 31,
2024
  December 31,
2025
  December 31,
2024
Revenues $ 882     $ 687     $ 177     $ 2,651     $ 1,813  
Cost of revenues   7,557       5,066       832       18,033       1,888  
Gross loss   (6,675 )     (4,379 )     (656 )     (15,382 )     (75 )
                   
Operating expenses:                  
Research and development   15,853       13,414       6,821       45,267       24,255  
General and administrative   11,137       13,153       5,232       37,118       10,093  
Operations   5,321       2,987       959       12,101       3,289  
Sales and marketing   1,316       883       (91 )     2,901       577  
Total operating expenses   33,627       30,437       12,921       97,387       38,214  
Loss from operations   (40,302 )     (34,816 )     (13,577 )     (112,769 )     (38,289 )
Other income (expense), net   2,373       1,796       457       7,752       (902 )
Net loss before income taxes   (37,929 )     (33,020 )     (13,120 )     (105,017 )     (39,191 )
Benefit from income taxes   3,656                   3,656        
Net loss $ (34,273 )   $ (33,020 )   $ (13,120 )   $ (101,361 )   $ (39,191 )
                   
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted   73,829,726       61,343,218       36,658,834       62,284,449       36,658,834  
Net loss per common share – basic and diluted $ (0.46 )   $ (0.54 )   $ (0.36 )   $ (1.63 )   $ (1.07 )






Table 5


Serve Robotics Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

  Twelve Months Ended

December 31,
    2025       2024  
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net loss $ (101,361 )   $ (39,191 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:      
Stock-based compensation   21,252       14,555  
Depreciation & amortization   8,213       310  
Deferred income taxes   (4,702 )      
Accretion of discount on available-for-sale securities   (1,073 )      
Amortization of debt discount         1,678  
Change in fair value of derivative liability         222  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of businesses acquired:      
Accounts receivable, net   (697 )     (84 )
Inventory         465  
Prepaid expenses   (4,634 )     (720 )
Other receivables   (498 )     (192 )
Accounts payable   (2,017 )     872  
Accrued liabilities   6,708       477  
Deferred revenue   (18 )     20  
Operating lease liabilities   (1,413 )     46  
Net cash used in operating activities   (80,240 )     (80,240 )
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Purchases of marketable securities   (203,752 )      
Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities   51,500        
Purchases of property and equipment   (37,334 )     (10,252 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired   (7,502 )      
Security deposits   (506 )     (66 )
Capitalized implementation costs   (405 )      
Net cash used in investing activities   (197,999 )     (10,318 )
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Proceeds from issuance of common, net of offering costs   170,773       35,849  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under the 2025 Equity Distribution Agreement, net of offering costs   78,723       77,596  
Proceeds from exercise of warrants   11,431       22,449  
Proceeds from exercise of options   423       367  
Repayments of financing lease liability   (186 )     (1,782 )
Proceeds from short-swing profit disgorgement   48        
Proceeds from issuance of pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock in connection with private placement, net of issuance costs         17,116  
Proceeds from convertible notes payable, net of offering costs         4,845  
Repayments of note payable         (1,250 )
Repayment of note payable, related party         (70 )
Net cash provided by financing activities   261,212       155,120  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   1        
Net change in cash and cash equivalents   (17,027 )     123,260  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year   123,266       7  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 106,239     $ 123,266  






Table 6


Reconciliation of GAAP Net Losses to Adjusted EBITDA

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended   Year Ended
  December 31,
2025
  September 30,
2025
  December 31,
2024
  December 31,
2025
  December 31,
2024
Net loss on GAAP basis $ (34,273 )   $ (33,020 )   $ (13,119 )   $ (101,361 )   $ (39,191 )
Interest income   (1,978 )     (1,707 )     (490 )     (7,271 )     (1,279 )
Interest expense               33       3       1,959  
Acquisition related expenses   743       1,040             2,022        
Finance lease purchase option                     2,246        
Depreciation & amortization   4,826       2,095       273       8,213       310  
Stock-based compensation   6,333       6,642       4,624       21,252       14,555  
Benefit from income taxes   (3,656 )                 (3,656 )      
Adjusted EBITDA $ (28,005 )   $ (24,950 )   $ (8,678 )   $ (78,552 )   $ (23,646 )






Table 7


Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures

(In thousands, except for shares and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended   Year Ended
  December 31,
2025
  September 30,
2025
  December 31,
2024
  December 31,
2025
  December 31,
2024
GAAP cost of revenues $ 7,557     $ 5,066     $ 832     $ 18,033     $ 1,888  
Stock-based compensation                            
Non-GAAP cost of revenues   7,557       5,066       832       18,033       1,888  
                   
GAAP research and development expense $ 15,853     $ 13,414     $ 6,821     $ 45,267     $ 24,255  
Stock-based compensation   3,062       2,680       2,446       9,829       11,492  
Non-GAAP research and development expense   12,791       10,734       4,375       35,438       12,763  
                   
GAAP general & administrative expense $ 11,137     $ 13,153     $ 5,232     $ 37,118     $ 10,093  
Stock-based compensation   2,819       3,712       2,217       10,416       2,834  
Amortization of intangible assets   1,553       913             2,489        
Finance lease purchase option                     2,246        
Acquisition related expenses   743       1,040             2,022        
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense   6,022       7,488       3,015       19,945       7,259  
                   
GAAP operations expense $ 5,321     $ 2,987     $ 959     $ 12,101     $ 3,289  
Stock-based compensation   338       147       (45 )     661       146  
Legal settlement   409                   409        
Non-GAAP operations expense   4,574       2,840       1,004       11,031       3,143  
                   
GAAP sales and marketing expense $ 1,316     $ 883     $ (91 )   $ 2,901     $ 577  
Stock-based compensation   113       103       7       345       83  
Amortization of intangible assets   5       2             7        
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense   1,198       778       (98 )     2,549       494  
                   
GAAP operating expense $ 33,627     $ 30,437     $ 12,921     $ 97,387     $ 38,214  
Stock-based compensation   6,333       6,642       4,625       21,252       14,555  
Amortization of intangible assets   1,558       915             2,496        
Finance lease purchase option                     2,246        
Acquisition related expenses   743       1,040             2,022        
Legal settlement   409                   409        
Non-GAAP operating expenses   24,584       21,840       8,296       68,962       23,659  
                   
GAAP net loss before income taxes $ (37,929 )   $ (33,020 )   $ (13,120 )   $ (105,017 )   $ (39,191 )
Stock-based compensation   6,333       6,642       4,625       21,252       14,555  
Amortization of intangible assets   1,558       915             2,496        
Finance lease purchase option                     2,246        
Acquisition related expenses   743       1,040             2,022        
Legal settlement   409                   409        
Non-GAAP net loss before income taxes   (28,886 )     (24,423 )     (8,495 )     (76,592 )     (24,636 )
                   
GAAP net loss $ (34,273 )   $ (33,020 )   $ (13,120 )   $ (101,361 )   $ (39,191 )
Stock-based compensation   6,333       6,642       4,625       21,252       14,555  
Amortization of intangible assets   1,558       915             2,496        
Finance lease purchase option                     2,246        
Acquisition related expenses   743       1,040             2,022        
Legal settlement   409                   409        
Non-GAAP net loss $ (25,230 )   $ (24,423 )   $ (8,495 )   $ (72,937 )   $ (24,636 )
                   
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted   73,829,726       61,343,218       36,658,834       62,284,449       36,658,834  
GAAP basic and diluted net loss per
Common share
$ (0.46 )   $ (0.54 )   $ (0.36 )   $ (1.63 )   $ (1.07 )
Non-GAAP basic and diluted net loss per
Common share
$ (0.34 )   $ (0.40 )   $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )   $ (0.67 )



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