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Tony Xu

12/10/20

@ Y Combinator

Our growth demonstrates that we've figured out how to make consumer deliveries work, and our driver network and logistics software allow us to expand beyond food delivery.

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DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day

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DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day

12/10/20

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Tony Xu

12/10/20

@ Y Combinator

We've built logistics software that makes it easy for any driver to onboard into our network.

Tony Xu

12/10/20

@ Y Combinator

Our logistics model has successfully completed over 500 deliveries with an average delivery time of 44 minutes, which is better than our peers.

Aadit Palicha

04/18/25

@ Y Combinator

To truly solve the grocery delivery problem for customers, we needed to own the entire process from backend to delivery.

Tony Xu

12/10/20

@ Y Combinator

Due to our excellent service, we've increased our weekly orders by over 30% week over week and generated over 1.5 million dollars in annualized sales for our restaurants.

Tony Xu

03/26/25

@ Y Combinator

Listening to customer needs was crucial in shaping our strategy, as we found that suburban areas had higher demand and better unit economics for delivery services.

Tony Xu

03/26/25

@ Y Combinator

During our time at Y Combinator, we focused on understanding whether consumers would pay for delivery services and if restaurants would be willing to partner with us.

Apoorva Mehta

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

Despite initial investor reluctance due to past failures in grocery delivery, we eventually closed a seed round with an investor who believed in us.

Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

As we expanded to other cities, we found that our operations became more efficient and the technology improved, leading to better service.

Tony Xu

12/10/20

@ Y Combinator

We're building a delivery service that operates on demand, rather than overnight or same-day, similar to what FedEx would look like today.