GoKawiilDoorDash CEO says AI agents account for only a few hundred orders
On DoorDash's Thursday earnings call, CEO Tony Xu told analysts that AI agents have generated only a few hundred orders since launching, calling it a 'very low use case' against the roughly 1 billion total orders the company processed last quarter. Xu said customers still prefer to order food directly through DoorDash rather than via outside AI tools.
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The figures suggest that despite heavy industry investment in AI shopping agents, consumers aren't yet using them for quick, routine purchases like food delivery. Xu's comment that agents may be better suited to 'long consideration purchases' hints that AI-driven commerce could take hold first in bigger-ticket decisions rather than everyday transactions, though that remains speculative. DoorDash's own MCP connector for AI agents is barely a month old and limited to beta partners, so adoption could still grow as access expands.
- AI agents generated only a few hundred DoorDash orders versus roughly 1 billion total orders last quarter.
- CEO Tony Xu called AI agent usage for food ordering a 'very low use case.'
- DoorDash's MCP connector for third-party AI agents launched under a month ago and is still in limited beta.
Source: arstechnica.com, 2026-10-30
Published there as: “Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders”
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