Fang: Dashers are actively collecting physical data for AI world models
Andy Fang · Building an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang · Jul 23, 2026 · at 20:12
DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang discusses how DoorDash leverages its Dasher network to collect real-world data for robotics and world models.
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“We also launched a product called tasks a couple months ago where we're having people in the dash fleet help basically collect data points to help train some of these world models.”
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