Tuesday, July 21, 2026

21 Jul 2026

TUESDAY — TECHNOLOGY & WORK

“This thing … that everyone thought was totally weird … is now becoming totally normal.”

— Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, CEO & Co-Founder of Zipline

A drone delivery company just hired a Tesla CFO, a Waymo lawyer, and an Uber Eats operator. Participating businesses are up 13x in six months, with a Cleveland Clinic prescription pilot next, and the constraint on autonomy was never flight. It was unit economics, regulatory patience, and a bench built for boring. To learn more, Check out the article Zipline adds ex-Tesla, Uber, Waymo execs to make drone delivery mainstream across U.S.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad