DoorDash Air drone certification unlocks suburban delivery
Stanley Tang says DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery program, received FAA Part 135 air carrier certification, making commercial drone deliveries legal in the US. He argues advances in AI models, improved hardware such as Nvidia Thor-class chips, and DoorDash's end-to-end operational infrastructure combine to make this the right moment; drones work especially well in suburbs, and DoorDash is building a multimodal network across drones, robots, and human dashers.