Thinking back over the past year, were there changes in how you got your food? Delivery platforms including Instacart, Uber Eats and DoorDash saw a huge surge in demand, and U.S. meal-delivery sales in January were up 164% year-over-year. DoorDash has been an especially big winner from the trend, and now boasts a 50% share of the U.S. market.
Like its peers, DoorDash has enabled many businesses to connect with home-bound consumers in new ways. But its mission, according to CEO Tony Xu, goes beyond getting tasty meals to more doors. Xu joined our Disruptors podcast for a special one-on-one conversation in which he outlined the company’s bold ambitions.
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"It is something that’s way harder than it actually looks."– Tony Xu