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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.
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- Status
- Announcedjust announced
- Announced
- 2021-07-015.2 years ago
- Active for
- 5.2 years
Who’s involved
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.
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.
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