DoorDash, Inc. operates a local commerce platform that connects consumers with restaurants, grocery, convenience, alcohol, retail, and other neighborhood merchants, while providing flexible earning opportunities for Dashers. News about DASH commonly covers quarterly financial results, marketplace order activity, consumer engagement, DashPass membership, merchant services, and product improvements across its delivery and pickup marketplace.
Recurring company developments also include grocery and retail partnerships, DashPass benefit expansions, Dasher support programs, and international operating updates tied to Wolt and Deliveroo. DoorDash’s announcements often frame growth by category, geography, marketplace gross order value, monthly active users, merchant adoption, and investments in a shared global technology platform.
DoorDash (DASH) unveiled its autonomous aircraft and outlined plans for a drone delivery system serving local businesses and consumers. Pilot deliveries will begin in Northern California, with Chipotle Mexican Grill, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Momo N Curry among the first partners to sign on.
The planned system includes ground infrastructure and delivery coordination. DoorDash estimates that about 80% of typical restaurant orders are light and small enough for the aircraft, based on U.S. deliveries of limited distance, size and measurement period. Weather, flight range and ground traffic further determine which orders qualify for air delivery.
DoorDash (DASH) is introducing text-based ordering alongside new in-app grocery restocking and lower-priced product swap tools for U.S. users. The text service expands Ask DoorDash, its in-app assistant, and lets customers request meals and confirm checkout without opening the app. U.S. users can apply to try the beta experience through a waitlist.
Grocery updates let customers rebuild their usual carts and accept or decline suggested cheaper alternatives. Orders built with Ask DoorDash averaged nearly 50% higher basket value than the same consumers' traditional orders, based on orders placed in August through early September 2026.
DoorDash (DASH) launched DashBuddy, an AI assistant for delivery workers, and is rolling out additional AI tools in its Dasher app. DashBuddy is available across the U.S. and Canada, answering questions by SMS. More than 200,000 Dashers had used it as of September 2026.
Internal data from July through September 2026 showed it resolved around 95% of questions from Dashers signing up or preparing for their first delivery. Users who chatted before their first delivery were more likely to complete one within three days following the chat. DoorDash is testing a voice-call mode and rolling out personalized in-app recommendations across the U.S.
DoorDash (DASH) unveiled new ordering, delivery and restaurant tools at Dash Forward, including a paid service for collecting eligible returns. Dasher Returns is live in select cities at a flat $7.99 fee, with nationwide rollout expected in November. New marketplace brands include Macy’s, Anthropologie, The North Face, Vans and Timberland.
DoorDash Air is piloting drone delivery in Northern California with Chipotle, Popeyes and local restaurants. U.S. iOS users can join a waitlist for text-based ordering in beta. DashOS connects restaurant tools for ordering, reservations and customer engagement. The DashBuddy AI assistant has been used by over 200,000 Dashers as of September 2026. DoorDash is also rolling out AI features for experienced Dashers. A corporate-ordering connector lets companies integrate DoorDash into compatible workplace AI tools; its beta waitlist opened September 30.
DoorDash (DASH) introduced DashOS, a platform connecting its restaurant products to bring customer interactions across ordering and dining channels together. It links Marketplace, direct ordering, reservations, loyalty, guest management and marketing without requiring restaurants to adopt a separate system. DoorDash says the platform is intended to help restaurants understand their customers and personalize interactions.
DoorDash is deepening integrations with point-of-sale and middleware providers, including Clover from Fiserv, Qu, Checkmate, Chowly, Deliverect, Stream and Urban Piper. Beginning in 2027, the company plans to give 80,000+ restaurants on these systems more ways to use SevenRooms guest profiles, Online Ordering, In-Store Rewards and Omnichannel Loyalty.
DoorDash (DASH) expanded its retail Marketplace with five brands and introduced a paid return service for eligible retail orders.
Macy’s, Anthropologie, The North Face, Vans and Timberland are now available to shop through the platform. Dasher Returns is available in select cities, with DoorDash expecting a U.S. rollout this November. Consumers pay a flat fee of $7.99, subject to change, to schedule a pickup and return to the store. Pickup can occur in as fast as 30 minutes, although times vary and are not guaranteed. Returns are processed at the store, and consumers receive refunds within days, with timing subject to variation.
DoorDash (DASH) introduced a corporate-ordering connector that lets companies link compatible internal AI tools to employee delivery ordering. The connector uses Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard connecting AI applications to external services. Agents can find items, build carts, place orders and track deliveries.
Access starts with a limited beta for companies ordering for their own employees, with a broader waitlist opening September 30. Early beta partners include SpaceXAI, Vercel, Cognition, Tempo and Mercor. Employees must sign into their own DoorDash accounts and agree to the terms. DoorDash is also expanding command-line interface beta access for developers building personal-use agents.
DoorDash (DASH) launched Brand Center, a platform that expands its existing Ads Manager into a centralized hub for retailer intelligence, advertising, and catalog management.
The platform combines purchase data from consumer orders with shelf-scan audits from Dashers, integrating more than 1 million in-store shelf signals captured daily on average to surface on-shelf availability and out-of-stock trends. Features include Inventory Insights, Consumer Substitution Insights, Assortment Insights, and a Catalog Editor that lets eligible brands directly update images, descriptions, and categories. Brand Center leverages DoorDash’s network of over 200,000 retail and grocery stores and more than 9 million Dashers and is now available to all U.S. advertisers, with some features limited to eligible users.
DoorDash (DASH) and the National Hockey League have signed a multiyear North American partnership making DoorDash the NHL’s exclusive Official On-Demand Delivery and Pick Up Partner in Canada and the United States starting with the 2026-27 season.
The agreement grants DoorDash extensive marketing rights, including use of League marks, broadcast-visible branding via Digitally Enhanced Dasherboards during nationally televised games, integration at marquee events such as the Discover NHL Winter Classic, NHL Stadium Series, Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic, and a presence throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs. DoorDash will launch a “Puck Drop” promotion in Canada on September 29, 2026, followed by game night deals every Wednesday and Saturday, and will be the presenting sponsor of all Wednesday night national NHL games and Stanley Cup Playoff games on Prime Video in Canada.
Costco (COST) and DoorDash (DASH) launched nationwide availability of Costco on the DoorDash Marketplace, enabling U.S. Costco members to order from all domestic warehouses for same-day delivery.
The expansion builds on an existing global relationship that already covers Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Iceland and Puerto Rico. Costco members can use the DoorDash app to access more than 4,000 products, including groceries, household essentials, electronics, seasonal items and Kirkland Signature products. With Costco added, DoorDash now partners with 8 of the 10 largest food retailers in North America, based on Progressive Grocer’s PG 100 ranking.