Doordash

DoorDash is a food delivery platform that connects consumers with their favorite local restaurants. Founded in 2013, DoorDash's key executives include CEO Tony Xu and President and COO Prabir Adarkar. DoorDash's primary competitors include Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Postmates.

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Alfred Lin, Roelof Botha and Pat Grady of Sequoia. Photos by Getty.

Before Sequoia’s Botha Stepped Down, Concerns Over Leadership Simmered

By Natasha Mascarenhas and Katie Roof · Nov 7, 2025 12:38pm PST · 1 comment
Before Sequoia Capital’s leader Roelof Botha announced he was stepping down from the position, partners Alfred Lin, Pat Grady and Andrew Reed came to him to talk about his time at the firm. Botha had only held the top-most job at the firm for three years, taking over from long-time leader Doug Leone just as startup valuations were convulsing... Before Sequoia Capital’s leader Roelof Botha announced he was stepping down from the position,...
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OpenAI’s Commerce and Apps Efforts Divide Consumer Firms

By Ann Gehan and Catherine Perloff · Nov 5, 2025 6:00am PST
In October, Thumbtack, a firm that helps people book home services professionals, agreed to make its app available through ChatGPT, as have a number of commerce firms eager to reach the chatbot’s 800 million weekly users. But Marco Zappacosta, Thumbtack’s CEO, isn’t worried that ChatGPT will replace his own app. “Booking a car on Uber is... In October, Thumbtack, a firm that helps people book home services professionals, agreed to make...
Natasha Mascarenhas, Nina Achadjian and Leigh Marie Braswell at The Information's WTF Summit in October 2025. Photo by Erin Beach.
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Four Venture Capitalists on How AI Has Disrupted Dealmaking

By Natasha Mascarenhas · Nov 4, 2025 2:02pm PST
Before we get into today’s column, some breaking news: Roelof Botha, who has held the top role at Sequoia Capital for three years, announced he was handing the reins to two partners, Alfred Lin and Pat Grady. Botha, 52, took over Sequoia in 2022 just as tech stocks were plunging and VC firms including Sequoia were mopping up the excesses of... Before we get into today’s column, some breaking news: Roelof Botha, who has held the top role at...
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The Briefing

DoorDash’s Investment Plans Unnerve Wall Street

By Martin Peers · Nov 5, 2025 5:00pm PST · 2 comments
Wall Street is getting jittery about corporate investment. DoorDash stock slumped as much as 20% in after-hours trading after the food-delivery service revealed it expects to “invest several hundred million dollars more” in upgrading its technology and expansion next year than it did this year. Given that DoorDash generates a couple of billion... Wall Street is getting jittery about corporate investment. DoorDash stock slumped as much as 20%...
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DoorDash and Uber’s Behind-the-Scenes Delivery Battles

By Ann Gehan · Jun 16, 2025 6:00am PDT
A recent delivery dealmaking frenzy in Europe has kicked off a race between DoorDash, Uber and investment firm Prosus, as the three firms aim to grab more business in the already fiercely competitive market. Some of that has been playing out publicly, with a series of rapid-fire announcements. But behind the scenes, U.S. delivery archrivals... A recent delivery dealmaking frenzy in Europe has kicked off a race between DoorDash, Uber and...
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The Briefing

DoorDash Buys European Fixer-Upper

By Martin Peers · May 6, 2025 5:00pm PDT
Food delivery’s great rivalry is heating up. DoorDash and Uber, the two giants of the restaurant-meal delivery scene in the U.S., are now poised to duke it out in Europe. DoorDash unveiled on Tuesday a $3.8 billion proposed takeover of UK-based Deliveroo, its biggest step yet to expand in Europe. Uber, meanwhile, did its best to rain on DoorDash... Food delivery’s great rivalry is heating up. DoorDash and Uber, the two giants of the...