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AI Shopping Assistants Move Grocery Search to Checkout

Shipt and Instacart now turn conversational prompts, lists and meal ideas into ready-to-edit carts, shifting the competitive battleground from search to orchestration.

Julie Wohlberg Sep 16, 2026 5 min read

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