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Instacart App Launches in OpenAI ChatGPT - First Company to Offer New Instant Checkout App Experience
Consumers can now shop from more than 1,800 retailers directly within ChatGPT via a fully integrated Instacart app commerce experienceSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Consumers can now shop from more than 1,800 retailers directly within ChatGPT via a fully integrated Instacart app commerce experienceSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Instacart (NASDAQ: CART), the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced that it is the first grocery partner to launch an app on ChatGPT and the first to offer an embedded, end-to-end shopping and Instant Checkout – all within the context of a ChatGPT conversation. This new integration makes it easier than ever for people to go from meal inspiration to doorstep delivery, using Instacart's real-time grocery network and fulfillment capabilities with the help of OpenAI frontier model capabilities.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\"Instacart and ChatGPT are redefining what's possible in AI-powered shopping,\" said Anirban Kundu, Chief Technology Officer at Instacart. \"Built on Agentic Commerce Protocol, this experience brings intelligent, real-time support to one of the most essential parts of daily life: getting groceries to feed your family. Together, we're creating a seamless and secure way for people to turn simple conversations into real-world action — helping customers go from inspiration to a full cart delivered from the store to their door with ease.\"\"With the Instacart app directly in ChatGPT, users can go from meal planning to checkout in a single, seamless conversation,\" said Nick Turley, VP, Head of ChatGPT. \"It's another step toward bringing our vision to life—where AI delivers helpful suggestions and connects directly to real-world services, saving people time and effort in their everyday lives.\"The Instacart ChatGPT app experience with Instant Checkout is currently available on desktop and mobile web; the Instacart ChatGPT app is available on iOS and Android, with Instant Checkout rolling out to these native platforms in the coming weeks. ChatGPT can surface the Instacart ChatGPT app when a user asks for it by starting a prompt with Instacart, such as \"Instacart, can you help me shop for apple pie ingredients?\" During their first use, users install the app by signing into their Instacart account. To enable Instant Checkout on iOS, users should ensure they have updated to the latest version of ChatGPT in the iOS App store.Once the Instacart app is opened and the user is signed in, the app will help you find what you nee...