The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies DoorDash: 1 model, 3 deployments across 3 regions, 2 active incidents. 6 sources back the record.
CategorySidewalk delivery
Overview
DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) is an on-demand local delivery marketplace founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco. Its autonomous arm, DoorDash Labs, develops last-mile delivery robotics. In September 2025 DoorDash unveiled Dot, an in-house autonomous delivery robot that operates across bike lanes, roads, and sidewalks, with early-access testing in the Phoenix metro area. DoorDash also works with third-party robotics operators, including a 2025 agreement to use Serve robotics sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles.
Reality check
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 2 incidents on file
Key facts
Listing (reported, unconfirmed)
Serve partnership (reported, unconfirmed)
Mixed delivery tests (reported, Oct 2026)
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
2
Web sources
3
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company DoorDash has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Chowbotics Sally1× joint2 total
- 2Manna Aero1× joint2 total
Most recent
- DoorDash acquires Chowbotics2021-02-08with Chowbotics Sallyoperating
DoorDash on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where DoorDash's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full DoorDash deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Stanley Tang Co-founder & Head of DoorDash Labs (Robotics & Automation), Co-founderSEC-verified
- Tony Xu Co-founder & CEO, Co-founderSEC-verified
- Ashu Rege VP of Autonomy, DoorDash Labssecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Tony Xucofounderno longer at company
- Stanley Tangcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
2 incidents on record (1 moderate, 1 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026.
Most recent: Jul 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting DoorDash (2)
- FAA grants DoorDash Part 135 air carrier certification for DoorDash Air drone delivery2026-07-29 · Regulatory action
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Corridors where DoorDash operates (1)
- PhoenixPhoenix, AZ
Robot-delivery corridors on DEPLOY Ground where DoorDash runs a documented fleet.
Operator customers (1)
- DoorDash3 deployments
Recent coverage
DoorDash in third-party press
Peer companies
Mentioned on (35)
Registry pages whose text names DoorDash.
Companies (8)
Modal Labs, Manna Air Delivery, Manna Aero, Uber Eats, Chowbotics Sally, Also, Flytrex, Bond
Robots and products (5)
Serve Gen 3, Also Autonomous Delivery Vehicle, Dot, Sally, Flytrex delivery drone (Sky2)
Deployments (16)
Wing Delivery Aircraft at Australia, Cartken Courier at New York, Wing Delivery Aircraft at United States, Serve Gen 3 at Dallas-Houston Corridor, Texas, USA, Sally at Pepper Pike, Ohio, USA, Serve Robot at Los Angeles, Also Autonomous Delivery Vehicle at Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Sally at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, Dot at Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Sally at Big Rapids, Michigan, USA, Sally at Denver, Colorado, USA, Coco Bot at Helsinki, Finland, Serve Gen 3 at San Jose, California, USA, Serve Gen 3 at Washington, D.C., USA, Serve Gen 3 at San Jose, California, USA, Serve Gen 3 at Washington, D.C., USA
People (6)
Christopher Payne, Alfred Lin, Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Ashu Rege, Steven Simoni
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced · 1 ended
Every company DoorDash has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- DoorDash acquires Chowbotics2021-02-08with Chowbotics Sallyoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Chowbotics Sally1× joint2 total
- 2Manna Aero1× joint2 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- investment2021-02-08concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in DoorDash’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipDoorDash acquires Chowbotics
2021-02-08DoorDash acquired Chowbotics, maker of the Sally salad robot, to bring food preparation automation in-house. Chowbotics was valued at 6M in 2018. DoorDash shut down Chowbotics operations on Aug 31, 2022, after Sally robots failed to meet internal benchmarks, resulting in ~35 layoffs.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Incident recordedJul 29, 2026
FAA grants DoorDash Part 135 air carrier certification for DoorDash Air drone delivery
- Deployment recordedJul 29, 2026
Dot at U.S. (DoorDash Air launch locations)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 15, 2026
Dot at Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Record createdJul 10, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedJun 15, 2026
DoorDash delivery robot 'Dot' rolled into an active Chandler Arizona SWAT crime scene and...
Sources (6)
- https://doordash.com
- https://ir.doordash.com/news/news-details/2025/DoorDash-Unveils-Dot-the-Delivery-Robot-Powered-by-its-Autonomous-Delivery-Platform-to-Accelerate-Local-Commerce/default.aspx · 2025-09-30
- https://about.doordash.com/en-us/dot
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/doordash-unveils-dot-its-autonomous-robot-built-to-deliver-your-food/ · 2025-09-30
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/doordash-to-use-serve-robotics-sidewalk-robots-for-deliveries-in-los-angeles/ · 2025-10-09
- https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd_eVnvEunw/ · 2026-10-01
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DoorDash.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DoorDash from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Lowe’s launches 20-minute drone delivery with Wing and DoorDash
Lowe’s has launched drone delivery, the newest fulfillment method for the retailer that delivers select home improvement items directly to DIY and pro customers “in as fast as 20…
Costco Canada joins DoorDash for on-demand delivery
Costco is now available for on-demand delivery on DoorDash across Canada, following its recently announced partnership in the U.S. The post Costco Canada joins DoorDash for…
DoorDash’s Tony Xu says AI agents will increase demand for human labour
DoorDash co-founder and chief executive Tony Xu says more AI agents will mean more demand for physical delivery networks, and even for human labour. He spoke on Wednesday at Wave…
Uber's M&A Blitz
<p>We’re well into the growth-through-acquisition era in the food-delivery industry. Uber’s $2.3 billion purchase of business catering firm ezCater, unveiled on Tuesday, comes…
Physical AI’s Platform Wars Heat Up
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How Scooter's Coffee solved a delivery management emergency
In need of a quick fix for integrating DoorDash orders, the 950-unit chain turned to Olo to come up with a solution in a matter of days.
I run an AI company with a workforce of 34 AI agents. My days are powered by Diet Coke, DoorDash, and 'Claude walks' — here's my routine.
Allie K. Miller, the CEO of Open Machine, shares her daily routine, utilizing AI tools for productivity and personal lifestyle optimization.
DoorDash expands access to agentic ordering for offices, corporate customers
DoorDash put its latest artificial intelligence (AI), delivery and ordering options on display at its Dash Forward event in San Francisco on Tuesday, opening up agentic ordering…
DoorDash Slides Into Your DMs With Dinner
DoorDash customers can now order dinner by sending a text. The company’s new artificial intelligence (AI) agent works inside Apple’s Messages, builds the cart and handles checkout…
DoorDash puts its own drone on the menu
PLUS: Figure jumps into fiery inferno
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/doordash.md
- RSS feed: /companies/doordash/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1bcf17bd-37a2-4c11-a7ac-4493410a69d2
- Revision history: /companies/doordash/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
DoorDash is introducing "Dot," the company's first commercial autonomous delivery robot, rolling out around Phoenix. The size of a miniature car, the company sa
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DoorDash Launches In-House Drone Delivery Service DoorDash is expanding its push into autonomous logistics by launching its own drone-delivery business, DoorDa
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
DoorDash draws attention at the 89th percentile but verifies reality at the 60th percentile among sidewalk robots. Hype Gap +28.7, 2nd widest among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 13, 2026