Daniel Danker

Executive Vice President, AI Acceleration, Product and Design Walmart

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Daniel Danker leads Walmart’s AI push and all of its product management and design. He joined in August 2025 as Executive Vice President, AI Acceleration, Product and Design, and he is one of the company’s executive officers. He is a consumer-product builder from the technology industry rather than a retailer. He came from Instacart, where he was Chief Product Officer and head of online grocery, and before that led product at Uber Eats, launched Facebook Live and Facebook Watch, and worked at Shazam, the BBC and Microsoft.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President, AI Acceleration, Product and Design of Walmart since August 2025.
• Chief Product Officer and Head of Online Grocery at Instacart, which he joined in March 2021.
• Head of Product, Uber Eats, at Uber, which he joined in July 2018.
• Launched Facebook Live and Facebook Watch at Facebook.
• Led Shazam’s expansion into streaming music.

Professional Journey

Danker earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications at the University of California, Berkeley. He began his career at the BBC and Microsoft. He also worked at Shazam, where he led the company’s expansion into streaming music, and at Facebook, where he launched Facebook Live and Facebook Watch.

In July 2018 he joined Uber, directing strategy and product roadmaps for Uber Eats and the driver platform, and was most recently Head of Product, Uber Eats. In March 2021 he moved to Instacart, where he became Chief Product Officer and Head of Online Grocery. Walmart credits him with helping turn Instacart from a grocery delivery service into a platform serving retailers, brands and customers, as it became a public company.

In August 2025 Walmart appointed him Executive Vice President, AI Acceleration, Product and Design. In the role he is responsible for accelerating Walmart’s AI transformation and leads all product management and design across the enterprise.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor’s degree, Mass Communications