DoorDash CEO says AI is making engineers faster, but productivity isn't everything
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DoorDash CEO says AI is making engineers faster, but productivity isn't everything
"We're seeing a lot of productivity gains right now from AI, about well north of half of our code, probably closer to two-thirds of our code is written by AI today. But that doesn't alone articulate how workflows and team setup ought to change."
"The top priority for us right now is definitely making sure that we can get all teams onto a single tech stack. The second priority is to make sure that everyone in the company, not just the engineers, is as AI-capable as anyone else."
"We're being more productive. We're shipping more code. But the ultimate question I have is, are we actually delivering better outcomes for customers?"
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu reports that approximately two-thirds of the company's code is now written by AI, delivering substantial productivity gains. However, Xu emphasizes that productivity improvements alone do not determine necessary changes to team structures or headcount. Instead, DoorDash prioritizes two immediate goals: consolidating all teams onto a single tech stack and ensuring company-wide AI capability across all employees, not just engineers. Xu stresses that the ultimate measure of success is delivering better customer outcomes, not merely shipping more code faster. This approach contrasts with other tech leaders who cite AI-driven productivity as justification for significant workforce reductions.
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