SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 30, 2026--
An office lunch can start with a message in Slack and turn into a string of follow-ups: choosing a restaurant, collecting everyone's order, and checking when the food will arrive. We want to make it easier for the person putting that meal together.
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Today, we're introducing a DoorDash connector for corporate ordering. Companies can connect DoorDash to compatible internal AI tools their teams already use, or to agents they build themselves, so employees can arrange deliveries as part of their workday. SpaceXAI, Vercel, Cognition, Tempo, and Mercor are among our early beta partners using the connector for employee ordering.
The connector gives those agents the ability to find items on DoorDash, build a cart, place an order, and track its arrival. An employee can ask an agent to find a new lunch based on previous orders or set up a recurring daily meal delivery using an eligible corporate meal benefit. Local businesses fulfill the orders, with delivery through DoorDash.
Companies can also build shared tools around the way their teams work. A Slack bot, for example, could collect daily lunch requests in a thread and place the order for the group. Colleagues could add what they want in the conversation, with the bot handling the steps to get it delivered.
For teams keeping an office stocked, a company could connect an agent to its own inventory information and have it reorder snacks, drinks, or supplies through DoorDash as they run low. The company provides the context and instructions, and the connector gives its agent a way to act on them through DoorDash.
For local businesses, these connections offer another way for customers to find and order from them. A team can discover a restaurant for its next lunch through a workplace tool, with the order still running through DoorDash.
The connector uses the Model Context Protocol, or MCP, an open standard for connecting AI applications to external services. Companies can use it with compatible agents, including ones they develop in-house. Access begins at the company level, and employees sign in to their own DoorDash accounts and agree to the terms before connecting an agent to act on their behalf.
We're starting with a limited beta focused on companies ordering for their own employees. We'll use feedback from participating teams to improve the experience before expanding access further.
Beginning September 30, companies can join the waitlist https://developer.doordash.com/en-US/mcp/. We're also expanding beta access to the DoorDash command-line interface, or CLI, for individual developers building agents for personal use.
DoorDash Brings Office Ordering to the AI Tools Teams Already Use
Concerns about a possible airplane hijacking briefly gripped Israel, while the Lebanese army said that the latest Israeli strike in southern Lebanon wounded a soldier and three civilians.
Meanwhile, in Iran, authorities executed two people accused of violence against security forces during the country's January protests. And the last U.S. forces left Iraq, under a Washington-Baghdad deal from two years ago.
Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Wednesday. Full coverage is available here.
A fight erupted between the pilot and co-pilot on a commercial FlyDubai plane traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, reports said.
The episode briefly raised concerns about a possible hijacking of a plane carrying dozens of Israelis and prompted Israel to scramble warplanes.
FlyDubai, the airline operating the flight, confirmed that an incident forced the plane to be diverted and to land at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi city of Tabuk.
All the passengers were safe, but there was suspicion that there may have been an attempt to attack Israelis on the plane and an investigation was ongoing, an Israeli official said on condition of anonymity because the incident was under investigation.
— By Samy Magdy in Cairo, and Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel
Officials at Shifa Hospital said on Wednesday that one Israeli strike killed a woman and critically wounded her husband in Gaza City, while another struck a bus, killing four and wounding at least 14.
Elsewhere in the territory, a strike in Khan Younis wounded four Palestinians, officials at Nasser Hospital said.
Israel's military didn't immediately respond to questions about the bus strike, but said it was reviewing information about the strike in Khan Younis.
The strikes were the latest of almost daily attacks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire nearly a year ago, halting the heaviest of the fighting.
Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes and frequently fire on Palestinians near military-held zones, killing more than 1,400 Palestinians since the ceasefire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which maintains detailed records that are generally seen as reliable. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in militant attacks over the same time period, while two more were killed by friendly fire.
Iran executed two men on Wednesday over what it said was their role in violence during nationwide anti-government protests in January, state media reported.
IRNA, citing the judiciary, said that the men took part in unrest in the northeastern city of Mashhad that left four security officers dead. The judiciary said that the men confessed to the violence, including setting fires and damaging public property. It also said that one had confessed to stabbing a member of Iran's paramilitary force. Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the sentences before they were carried out Wednesday morning.
The unrest began Dec. 28 amid anger over Iran’s collapsing currency and worsening economy and quickly spread across the country. Iranian authorities responded with a deadly crackdown.
Dozens of Iranians have since been executed in connection with the protests, according to state media in Iran. Executions aren't uncommon in Iran, where rights groups say the accused are often tried in secretive courts based on forced confessions extracted through torture.
The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that it had completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group.
Baghdad touted the move as a sign of the country’s growing strength and sovereignty. It was also celebrated by Iran-backed groups, but raised concerns among some other Iraqis, particularly in the Kurdish region.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, in a statement, called it an “orderly departure” and said that the withdrawal “marks a transition from a wartime coalition mission to an Iraqi-led security effort supported by a more normal bilateral security relationship.”
The Lebanese army said that a soldier was seriously wounded in an explosion in the village of Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa on Wednesday. Three civilians were also wounded, it said.
Initially, the army said the soldier’s vehicle had been targeted by an Israeli strike, but later it said that the explosion was caused by a “suspicious object.” The army was escorting residents of the area in southern Lebanon to visit their houses, it said.
In June, the Lebanese and Israeli governments reached an agreement under which the Israeli military would withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon and allow the Lebanese army to take control, in exchange for disarming the militant Hezbollah group. However, implementation of the deal has stalled.
This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.
A displaced Yemeni boy carries water containers at Al-Firdaws camp in Ras Imran, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
Palestinians carry the bodies of Hamas militants Mohannad Abu Foul and Izz Al Din Al Beik, during their funeral after they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Iraqi security officers flash victory signs while riding in vehicles decorated with national flags during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Passengers wait in line to check in their luggage with FlyDubai at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Mourners carry the remains of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during the war with Hamas after they were recovered from the rubble, during their funeral in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
FILE - Israeli tourists leave a FlyDubai plane which departed from Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv and landed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 8, 2020.(AP Photo/Malak Harb, File)
