AI Shopping Assistant

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DoorDash Launches an AI Agent You Can Text to Order Food

DoorDash’s new AI agent lets US customers order food and groceries by texting DoorDash in Apple Messages: it knows your usual, builds group orders, sends photos and checks out in the thread. We explain how it works, what DoorDash’s Ask figures show, how it compares with Uber Eats, Instacart and Shipt, why a text agent protects DoorDash from general AI agents and what to check before you use it.

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Instacart Launched Clementine to Millions of Shoppers. Its Consumer Pages Never Say “Model”

Instacart Clementine arrived on 9 September 2026 as the company’s first consumer-facing AI grocery shopping assistant, available immediately to most customers across the United States and Canada. The pitch is disarmingly simple: type “I need a week of budget-friendly kid lunches” and get a ready-to-buy cart. TechCrunch, Engadget, Forbes, Modern Retail and the WSJ all […]

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