GoKawiilA DoorDash bag in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
U.S. lawmakers have requested information from food delivery company DoorDash on its use of Chinese artificial intelligence models, CNBC has learned, as scrutiny around American businesses' use of systems developed by China ramps up.
In a letter obtained by CNBC, the chairmen of two House Select Committees conducting a joint investigation into security implications of U.S. companies using Chinese AI models asked DoorDash to share "information and documents" relating to its evaluation and deployment of AI systems from China.
"DoorDash proudly supports American AI leadership and is working to ensure AI benefits Main Street, not just the biggest companies," a DoorDash spokesperson told CNBC. "We look forward to engaging with the Committees on how we safely and responsibly use AI, including American-developed frontier models and open-weight models."
Rising adoption of China-built AI models has led to growing calls from U.S. lawmakers for strategies to combat the trend, including via an ongoing investigation from The House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
An initial step in the joint investigation was for the chairmen of those committees to send letters to Cursor and Airbnb , over their "use of or exposure to these risks" through AI developed in China.
The letter cited a post on X by Andy Fang that details how DoorDash is delegating lower-level AI work to Chinese AI model Kimi K2.6, which is developed by Moonshot AI.