Serve Robotics grabbed headlines this week with a major new partnership announcement. On October 9, 2025, the company revealed a deal with DoorDash to deploy Serve’s sidewalk delivery robots for food orders on the DoorDash platform investing.com. Initially rolling out in Los Angeles, the pilot means DoorDash customers from select restaurants may have their meals delivered by a Serve robot investing.com. This is a strategic expansion beyond Serve’s exclusive relationship with Uber Eats to date. “This partnership enables us to go to cities where DoorDash is the dominant player… we’re looking for more demand, so that every minute of every day, the robots have access to more jobs,” said Serve co-founder and CEO Ali Kashani, highlighting how tapping DoorDash’s vast user base can boost robot utilization investing.com. The news was met with investor excitement – SERV stock surged about 15% in trading after the announcement investing.com, as the market cheered Serve’s access to DoorDash’s enormous network of merchants and customers.