Uber $UBER and Zipline announced a partnership Monday that will extend autonomous drone delivery through Uber Eats to American customers nationwide, with Uber committing a strategic investment in the drone startup as part of the deal. The companies aim to reach 1 million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029, with first launches in Dallas and Houston The first deployments will begin in Dallas and Houston by the end of the year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The companies plan to expand to dozens of additional U.S. cities and aim to reach one million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029. Uber said Zipline's drones could cut delivery times to between five and 10 minutes, a sharp reduction from the roughly 30-minute window customers currently experience. "Truly quick commerce is proving to be an even bigger market than the original food market was," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told the Wall Street Journal. "We think this can be an enormous tailwind for the next leg of growth for Eats." Zipline co-founder Keller Cliffton said in a statement that the collaboration moves the company closer to "a world where getting what you need is as fast and effortless as sending a text, no matter where you are." Financial details of Uber's stake in Zipline were not made public, the companies said. Zipline operates on four continents and makes a delivery every 20 seconds, the company said. Its existing U.S. commercial partners include Walmart $WMT, Panera, Chipotle $CMG, and Wendy's $WEN, according to Yahoo Finance. Zipline was most recently valued at $7.85 billion. The deal is Uber's largest commitment to drone delivery yet. Uber has been building what it describes as a hybrid delivery network combining human couriers, sidewalk robots, and drones. Uber struck a comparable deal with