DEPLOYDatabase

Partnership

Instacart x Fabric

Instacart signed a multi-year deal with Fabric to build robotic micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs) across the US and Canada, pairing Fabric's proprietary software and robotics with Instacart technology and shoppers for automated grocery order picking. Early-stage concept pilots were planned with grocery retail partners.

deployment · Announced · just announced


Machine-readable surfaces

2691f8f1-7610-4933-9280-df8a73d3a48c
Type
deployment
Status
Announcedjust announced
Announced
2021-07-01
5.2 years ago
Active for
5.2 years

Who’s involved

Instacartdeployer

North American online grocery platform operating as a deployer of physical AI systems in retail and fulfillment. Instacart acquired [Caper AI](/companies/caper-ai) in 2021 for $350M to deploy AI-powered smart shopping carts with computer vision and weight sensors at major grocery retailers including [Kroger](/companies/kroger), Wakefern, Schnucks, and Sobeys. The company also partnered with [Fabric](/companies/fabric) to build robotic micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs) for automated grocery order picking. Instacart went public as Maplebear Inc. (NASDAQ: CART) in September 2023 at $30/share, raising $660M. The company reported $3.74B revenue in 2025 and acquired Caper AI co-founder Lindon Gao's smart cart technology to unify in-store and online commerce.

HQSan Francisco, CA, USAinstacart.com2 partnerships

Most-frequent partners

Fabrictechnology provider

Robotic micro-fulfillment company (formerly CommonSense Robotics; Israel and US); builds compact automated micro-fulfillment centers for grocery and e-commerce, having raised over $200M at a $1B-[Plus](/companies/plus-ai) valuation. Private.

HQNew York, NYwww.fabric.com1 partnerships

Most-frequent partners

Related partnerships

Other partnerships of Instacart

Recent partnerships of the same kind

Sources (1)

  1. https://progressivegrocer.com/instacart-build-robotic-fulfillment-centers

Deploy Watch

Track this partnership.

We notify you when the status changes against primary-source evidence, expansion is verified, or the partnership is terminated.