DoorDash Wins FAA Drone Certification: The Koda Signal, 2026-10-05

Koda Signal daily AI briefing for 2026-10-05.

In this episode: • DoorDash Wins FAA Drone Certification: DoorDash has won FAA Part 135 air carrier certification, letting it run its own drone delivery fleet, DoorDash Air, alongside its marketplace. Drones will take mid-distance orders of 3 to 5 miles, and human Dashers will keep the shorter, trickier ones. • Altman Frames Anthropic Policy Divide: In an interview published October 4 and 5, Sam Altman said AI's upside warrants tolerating certain risks and criticized calls for tighter regulatory restrictions. He framed the issue as a fundamental policy divide with Anthropic, openly positioning OpenAI as the pro-access lab.

Full briefing: https://www.koda.community/morning-briefing-koda-2026-10-05.html