Building autonomous delivery at DoorDash

Chapters

1. 01Ask DoorDash and what people order nowAsking in plain language leads people to new restaurants and grocery baskets 40% bigger.0:26
2. 02A robotics company since 2018It started as a skunkworks of one founder and half an engineer, partnering with every robot company.2:17
3. 03Why DoorDash built its own robotSidewalk robots are too slow and robotaxis too big, so DoorDash built a 300-pound bike-lane robot.4:16
4. 04What breaks when robots meet the real worldLeaves under one wheel, a boot script that crashes half the time, and finding the right front door.6:34
5. 05Why robots mean more Dashers, not fewerWith nine million Dashers and 25% growth, DoorDash will need every kind of courier it can get.9:07
6. 06Buying the way you'd talk to a personLonger searches, agents that restock the pantry, and designing DoorDash for agents first.10:36