DoorDash said it’s only seen ‘several hundreds’ of orders from AI agents

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6:54 AM PDT · October 30, 2026

There’s a big uproar about AI agents taking over commerce and orders, but that might not be the case just yet. Delivery company DoorDash revealed during its third-quarter earnings call that it has only seen “several hundred” orders from third-party agents like Muse, Instinct, Fo, and others. For comparison, the company said in its 2025 report it completes an average of 3 million deliveries daily.

“I would say that this [using agents to order] is something that is still a very dynamic area. And my take on all things technology is you never want to fight gravity. But at the same time, you don’t want to be delusional,” DoorDash CEO Tony Xu said in an answer to an analyst’s questions about the topic. “What I mean by that is if you look at where AI agents are today, we’re seeing maybe several hundred...

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