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AI Goes Grocery Shopping: Instacart’s David McIntosh

aired Sep 15, 2026 · 23.0m
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Summary

What if your grocery cart remembered what you forgot before you did?. On today's episode, we talk to one tech leader using physical AI to improve the grocery shopping experience.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of store, really, these, including: On today's episode, we talk to one tech leader using physical AI to improve the grocery shopping experience.

Key takeaways
  1. 01David runs the in-store side, the smart carts and software that grocery stores themselves buy and use
  2. 02You know, when I was running Tenor, we joked that we would hire both types of people
  3. 03Now, how are we building it?
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