Instacart AI Assistant
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Instacart AI Assistant, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Instacart AI Assistant's own pricing page, checked 22 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Annual plan | $99 a year | — |
| Monthly plan | $9.99 a month | — |
The facts
Each one read from Instacart AI Assistant's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accuracy limits
- Instacart says AI responses may be incomplete, incorrect, or outdated, and recommends checking product details before ordering.checked 7 Oct 2026
- AI limitations
- Responses may be incomplete, incorrect, or outdated, and recommendations can vary with inventory, delivery timing, order size, location, and other marketplace conditions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Availability
- Clementine is available to most U.S. and Canadian Instacart customers through the app and website, though the Help Center says it may not be available to everyone.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cart control
- The assistant surfaces alternatives for unavailable preferred items and does not finalize a cart without explicit action; decisions are reviewed before checkout.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Changing product information
- Product details and availability can vary by store and location, and recommendation prices may be estimates that exclude taxes, fees, or promotions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deals
- Clementine can help shoppers browse store deals and Flyers items.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Health and food safety
- Clementine's ingredient, nutrition, allergen, dietary suitability, and food safety information is for reference only, and Instacart says not to share personally sensitive or protected health information.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Instacart says grocery conversations begun on Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google Search AI Mode can be completed on Instacart for delivery or pickup orders.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Interaction data
- Instacart says Clementine interactions may be used to improve AI features over time, and it reviews feedback and system performance.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Interaction use
- Instacart says Clementine interactions may be used to improve AI features over time.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Live inventory
- Instacart says its grocery intelligence helps Clementine understand what is on store shelves in real time.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Personalization
- Instacart says its AI assistant can use order history, Smart Shop preferences, and prior interactions to personalize suggestions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Photo input
- Shoppers can upload a photo of a shopping list or recipe to build a basket.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- Instacart's privacy policy says it uses personal information to maintain service security and integrity and to detect, prevent, and investigate fraud and unsafe activity.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product information
- Prices in recommendations may be estimates that omit taxes, fees, or promotions; Instacart identifies packaging and checkout product pages as the most accurate product information sources.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Clementine is an AI-powered feature for planning meals, discovering recipes, and building shopping lists through conversation.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Retailer assistant
- Cart Assistant is Instacart’s white-label AI shopping assistant for grocers’ websites and apps, combining Instacart grocery intelligence with retailer catalogs and customer data.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Instacart was founded in 2012; the opened About page identifies its San Francisco Bay Area launch but does not state a headquarters address.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Recipe and meal planning
- It can generate meal ideas based on tastes, dietary preferences, or cooking time and suggest recipes with ingredients that can be added to a cart.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Recipes and meal planning
- It can suggest meal ideas based on tastes, dietary preferences, and cooking time, and provide recipes with ingredients that can be added to a cart.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Shopping lists and photos
- Customers can upload a photo of a shopping list or recipe and use it to build a basket.checked 7 Oct 2026
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