DoorDash Tests AI Social App to Help Users Find Restaurants
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000DoorDash’s new app, Zesty, gives AI-powered restaurant recommendations and lets users browse posts made by others. The app has been released for public testing in New York and San Francisco.Photographer: Dana Wollman/BloombergDoorDash Inc. is experimenting with a standalone artificial intelligence-powered app for users to find new restaurants, expanding its reach beyond its flagship food-delivery service.The new app, called Zesty, is in public testing in San Francisco and New York, DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang wrote in an X post on Monday. After signing in with a DoorDash account, users will see nearby restaurants and a text box where they can ask an AI chatbot for tailored recommendations. The suggestions include citations to third-party sources, such as Google Maps ratings, the number of likes on TikTok videos, and mentions on Reddit threads.