Instacart launches AI grocery assistant Clementine
The assistant turns conversations, lists, recipes, photos and screenshots into ready-to-buy grocery carts in the US and Canada.
Instacart has launched Clementine, an artificial-intelligence assistant designed to help users plan meals and build grocery orders through conversation.
The company says Clementine can turn a conversation, grocery list or recipe into a ready-to-buy cart. Users can ask for meal ideas, budget-focused shopping help, high-protein dinners, children’s lunches or repeat orders.
Instacart says the assistant can generate personalised recipes or surface recipes from trusted publishers. Its recommendations can be tailored to household preferences and dietary needs, including gluten-free, vegetarian, nut-free and organic options.
Clementine can also identify deals and promotions and suggest lower-cost alternatives, according to Instacart. Users can upload photos of handwritten shopping lists or screenshots of digital lists, which the assistant can convert into carts.
TechCrunch reported that Clementine is available in the United States and Canada. The source package does not specify whether the service is available across all Instacart users and platforms, or provide independent testing of its accuracy or claimed savings.
The launch places Instacart alongside Uber Eats and DoorDash, which have introduced similar AI-assisted grocery features as delivery platforms expand into meal planning and purchase decisions.
