DoorDash launches Ask DoorDash agent and a delivery drone

What happened: DoorDash launched Ask DoorDash on Wednesday, an AI agent you text in iMessage to find food, build a cart and check out. It also unveiled its own delivery drone, DoorDash Air, tested in Northern California at a Chipotle and a Popeyes. DoorDash confirmed it is iOS only with a US waitlist and a Northern California pilot.
Austin's take: Austin loves it and sees DoorDash as first among providers to ship its own personal agent. He predicts general personal agents will end up talking to company agents like DoorDash's, a form of agent-to-agent communication.
Why it matters: Ordering is moving from apps to text-message agents, and providers want their own agent rather than leaving it to third parties.
What to do: iPhone users in the US can join the waitlist if interested.
Not confirmed yet: Austin assumes the pilot is in the Bay Area but that wasn't confirmed.

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