Can Serve Robotics' $240M Liquidity Cushion Fund Its Robot Ambitions?

Serve Robotics ended Q2 2026 with $240.4M in cash but faces profitability challenges with a $64.1M net loss and $84.7M in operating cash burn during H1. Despite 404% revenue growth to $3.24M and 2,000 deployed robots, the company cut 2026 revenue guidance to $9-10M from $26M due to weaker Uber Eats volume. The key question is whether management can achieve sustainable monetization and utilization gains to justify the capital-intensive expansion.