DoorDash says its delivery drone is lighter and quieter than Amazon's

At a media event hosted at the company's headquarters on Tuesday, DoorDash unveiled its in-house-designed drone that will launch in Northern California "in the coming months," Stanley Tang, DoorDash cofounder and chief product officer, said.

Outside, on the company headquarters' rooftop, DoorDash's drone sat on a platform with its six propellers spinning. Wind, music, and chatter drowned out any sound of the vehicle.

Harrison Shih, the head of DoorDash Air, told Business Insider that the propellers weren't spinning fast enough to lift off the podium, but the sound is roughly what people will…